MCND Newsletter - Oct / Nov 2002

Impeach Blair

Mislead, lie or deceive, whichever term you prefer, according to the Oxford Dictionary, ultimately the definition is the same – a false impression has deliberately been given. A report commissioned over the summer, A Case to answer, will confirm that Tony Blair is guilty of all three of the above.

… How could a man of Tony Blair's intelligence and position interpret reports by the intelligence services that “Saddam has not succeeded in seriously threatening his neighbours”, as “Saddam had enough chemical and biological weapons remaining to devastate the entire Gulf Region”?

How could he have declared in 2002, that Iraq had “stockpiles of major amounts of chemical and biological weapons” while the assessment of the joint intelligence committee at the time was that Iraq “may have hidden small quantities of agents and weapons”?

More importantly, how can the people put their trust and futures in the hands of this unapologetic, US apologist?

A Case to answer considers 26 further misleading statements which Tony Blair made in the run up to, during and since the war on Iraq and they all confirm that he knowingly gave a false impression. The evidence against the PM is unequivocal yet he and his government refuse to allow us, as MP's to debate the issue. …

This is why we have turned to impeachment; the politics of last resort. Tony Blair can avoid impeachment by resigning. If he fails to resign, he must be impeached and removed from office, an office and government he has brought into disrepute. Extract from article by Adam Price MP Plaid Cymru

Details of the campaign and report A Case to answer is at www.ImpeachBlair.org. register your support online and urge your MP to support impeachment and write to the newspapers.

West Mess

The main thing I can report from Iraq is that things are not getting better, there is no “Reconstruction” and things have even deteriorated.

Violence

While in Baghdad I noticed an increase in violence since I was last there – much of which is going unreported. Two bombs exploded very close to our apartment, one of which blew out our front window. Iraqis were the victims as usual. We were on the street when another bomb exploded only 300 metres from our apartment. We saw one of two dead bodies and saw around nine injured Iraqis. When NBC reporters turned up, they were told, that “the taxi driver's arm was injured”. NBC were too cowed to cross the road to film the pool of blood. So much for freedom of the press!

Disease

As for the ordinary Iraqi, things are much worse. In our apartment Helen pays extra to be connected to the “street generator”. Yet despite this there was only water for 2 1/2 days during my last 14 days in Baghdad ! During 3 of those days we had no water, electricity or telephone. Without water you cannot drink, wash, clean or cook. This results in increasing outbreaks of infective diseases.

Liberation?

Street crime is out of control, and there is no domestic police force. It is not safe for Iraqis to go out at night. So much for liberation. Fury among Iraqis is growing. British politicians still bumble about the resistance and Al Qaeda – but they don't know what they are talking about. The insurgents sense victory, while the Americans sense defeat and both parties know their opponents' opinions.

… I honestly believe that without the PR spin that Blair uses, were Saddam and his “New Ba'ath Party” to stand in the election, they would win with a landslide. How on earth did the West mess up so very badly on removing such a vile dictator?

Extract from article by ex'human shield' Kevin Williams in CNDCymru 34

MERSEYSIDE CND NEWSLETTER December January 2005

Impeach Blair Mislead, lie or deceive, whichever term you prefer, according to the Oxford Dictionary, ultimately the definition is the same – a false impression has deliberately been given. A report commissioned over the summer, *A Case to answer,* will confirm that Tony Blair is guilty of all three of the above. … How could a man of Tony Blair's intelligence and position interpret reports by the intelligence services that “Saddam has not succeeded in seriously threatening his neighbours”, as “Saddam had enough chemical and biological weapons remaining to devastate the entire Gulf Region”? How could he have declared in 2002, that Iraq had “stockpiles of major amounts of chemical and biological weapons” while the assessment of the joint intelligence committee at the time was that Iraq “may have hidden small quantities of agents and weapons”? More importantly, how can the people put their trust and futures in the hands of this unapologetic, US apologist? A Case to answer considers 26 further misleading statements which Tony Blair made in the run up to, during and since the war on Iraq and they all confirm that he knowingly gave a false impression. The evidence against the PM is unequivocal yet he and his government refuse to allow us, as MP's to debate the issue. … This is why we have turned to impeachment; the politics of last resort. Tony Blair can avoid impeachment by resigning. If he fails to resign, he must be impeached and removed from office, an office and government he has brought into disrepute. Extract from article by Adam Price MP Plaid Cymru Details of the campaign and report *A Case to answer* is at www.ImpeachBlair.org. register your support online and urge your MP to support impeachment and write to the newspapers.
West Mess The main thing I can report from Iraq is that things are not getting better, there is no “Reconstruction” and things have even deteriorated. Violence While in Baghdad I noticed an increase in violence since I was last there – much of which is going unreported. Two bombs exploded very close to our apartment, one of which blew out our front window. Iraqis were the victims as usual. We were on the street when another bomb exploded only 300 metres from our apartment. We saw one of two dead bodies and saw around nine injured Iraqis. When NBC reporters turned up, they were told, that “the taxi driver's arm was injured”. NBC were too cowed to cross the road to film the pool of blood. So much for freedom of the press! Disease As for the ordinary Iraqi, things are much worse. In our apartment Helen pays extra to be connected to the “street generator”. Yet despite this there was only water for 2 1/2 days during my last 14 days in Baghdad ! During 3 of those days we had no water, electricity or telephone. Without water you cannot drink, wash, clean or cook. This results in increasing outbreaks of infective diseases. Liberation? Street crime is out of control, and there is no domestic police force. It is not safe for Iraqis to go out at night. So much for liberation. Fury among Iraqis is growing. British politicians still bumble about the resistance and Al Qaeda – but they don't know what they are talking about. The insurgents sense victory, while the Americans sense defeat and both parties know their opponents' opinions. … I honestly believe that without the PR spin that Blair uses, were Saddam and his “New Ba'ath Party” to stand in the election, they would win with a landslide. How on earth did the West mess up so very badly on removing such a vile dictator? Extract from article by ex'human shield' Kevin Williams in CNDCymru 34		HOMELESS THIS WINTER? No new address for MCND Office yet - so we will be at 24 Hardman St. until further notice.

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