AFP: Blair indicates policy shift in West's "war on terror"

[Eugene]

Blair indicates policy shift in West's "war on terror"

by Phil Hazlewood
1 hour, 1 minute ago

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has indicated that the West's
approach to the "war on terror" has changed, as Pakistan's leader called for less
emphasis on military action in Afghanistan.

Blair gave a broad hint Sunday that Western policy towards tackling global extremism
had shifted amid anticipated changes to coalition strategy in Iraq and calls for US
foes Syria and Iran to be involved in the Middle East peace process.

Asked whether the United States and its allies like Britain were winning the "war on
terror", he told a news conference: "We begin to win when we start to fight properly
and I think we are now fighting properly but we've got to do more."

His official spokesman told British reporters later that Blair was not criticizing a
previous approach or a particular tactic.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061119/wl_asia_afp/britainpakistan

[Tom Joad]

1. The West's War of Terror. We need to call it what it is.

[MethuenProgressive]

2. No Brits or 'Coalition' input on Bush "Iraq War Study Group" -

because the Brits would tell Bush the Truth