No Troops to Iraq (Russia-debunks Stratfor)/Moscow Times--New WMW

[Gloria]

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WORLD MEDIA WATCH FOR JULY 21, 2004

1//The Independent, UK--‘REJOICE OVER IRAQ’: FURY AT BLAIR’S ECHO OF THATCHER(Tony Blair, on the eve of his tenth anniversary as leader of the Labour Party, echoed one of the most famous quotations from Lady Thatcher yesterday by telling critics of the war in Iraq to "rejoice"…Mr Blair's use of the word "rejoice" - loaded with all the defiance that Lady Thatcher had given it - made Labour backbenchers wince during the Commons debate on the Butler report. "We couldn't believe it when he said that," said one Labour MP. "We shouted 'Thatcher' at him."…The Prime Minister's denial that he lied over the war was under fresh scrutiny last night after Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, admitted he knew in September last year that two pieces of intelligence about Saddam's chemical and biological weapons had been withdrawn by MI6.)



2//The Scotsman, UK--BATTLING BLAIR HAS HOWARD ON THE ROPES (Tony Blair yesterday swept aside critics of his decision to go to war with Iraq in a Commons debate which failed to bring him to account for the flawed intelligence highlighted by Lord Butler…In the Commons, Michael Howard was thrown off balance by Mr Blair’s self-assured performance, for even while debating matters of war, death and the highest responsibilities of office, the Prime Minister managed to have MPs laughing with his jibes at the Tory leader…Mr Howard’s plight and Mr Blair’s exuberance reflect a harsh political reality: no matter what voters think of the war in Iraq, Labour under Tony Blair remains the dominant political force in Britain.)



3//Institute for War and Peace Reporting, UK--VOLUNTEERS TRAIN FOR ‘MARTYRDOM’ ("We have a budget that's bigger than the budget of the ministry of the interior, as well as our own private projects," he said. I also asked the financial manager if the group was funded from outside Iraq. "The current regime used to be the exiled opposition - agents for the Americans," he replied angrily. "They got outside funding. Why shouldn't we get outside funding? We have Iraqis outside the country, funding us.")

4//The Moscow Times, Russia-- NO TROOPS TO IRAQ (… Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko insisted "there are no plans to send Russian servicemen to Iraq." Yakovenko's comments came in response to a recent report by Stratfor, a private U.S. firm that specializes in analyses and forecasts on global political, economic and security issues, which claimed that President Vladimir Putin had agreed "in principle" to send up to 40,000 troops to Iraq.)


5//Arab News, Saudi Arabia--SULTAN ASKS MILITANTS TO SURRENDER (Prince Sultan, second deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, yesterday called on militants still at large to take advantage of a royal amnesty before it expires on Friday… Since the month-long amnesty was issued only four wanted militants have come forward despite government assurances that they would be exonerated should they repent. On Sunday it was announced that foreign countries had handed over 27 wanted Saudis to the Kingdom’s security forces. They were all wanted on security grounds.)

[Cha]

1. This is good news if for no other reason than

they won't be bailing bush out.

"//The Moscow Times, Russia-- NO TROOPS TO IRAQ (… Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko insisted "there are no plans to send Russian servicemen to Iraq." Yakovenko's comments came in response to a recent report by Stratfor, a private U.S. firm that specializes in analyses and forecasts on global political, economic and security issues, which claimed that President Vladimir Putin had agreed "in principle" to send up to 40,000 troops to Iraq.)"

[rocktivity]

2. This is a victory for Bush's war

on human trafficking.

:headbang:
rocknation