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Blair and Bush to plot war on Iraq (Flashback- Downing Street Memo related)
Guardian, The Observer ^ | Sunday February 24, 2002 | Kamal Ahmed, political editor

Posted on 06/16/2005 8:25:36 PM PDT by Soliton

“Tony Blair and the United States President George Bush are to hold a specially convened summit in April to finalise details of military action to overthrow Saddam Hussein.”

(Excerpt) Read more at the%20observer%20%20special%20reports%20%20blair%20and%20bush%20to%20plot%20war%20on%20iraq.htm ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: downingstreetmemo
The "Downing Street Memo" documents what was publicly known 6 weeks before hand. This article in one of London's largest papers stated that the purpose of the meeting to finalize details to overthrow Sadaam. USA Today and the Philadelphia Inquirer had similar articles around the same time.

If Congressional Democrats didn't know that the USA was planning for war, it's because they can't read.

1 posted on 06/16/2005 8:25:37 PM PDT by Soliton
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To: Soliton

corrected link

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,656231,00.html


2 posted on 06/16/2005 8:35:52 PM PDT by Soliton (Alone with everyone else.)
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To: Soliton

Damn good post, Sol! I'm afraid it'll hardly make a difference to Conyers and his tinfoil hat brigade.


3 posted on 06/16/2005 8:40:30 PM PDT by REDWOOD99
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To: Soliton
Besides, In October of 1998, during the Clinton administration, the U.S.  Senate passed The Iraq Liberation Act, making it the official policy of the U.S. government to seek regime change in Iraq. The vote was unanimous, including every Democrat in the Senate, even Ted Kennedy.
4 posted on 06/16/2005 8:41:03 PM PDT by FreeKeys (Running Condi in '08 will destroy the anti-American moonbat wing of the DemocRAT party for good.)
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To: Soliton

The more I think about this, the more I think the dims got Roved again.


5 posted on 06/16/2005 9:12:21 PM PDT by REDWOOD99
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To: FreeKeys

And signed by BILL CLINTON!


6 posted on 06/16/2005 9:19:25 PM PDT by Howlin
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