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Will the Brits get over their love affair with islamic fundamentalists after this? Probably not.

"Will the Brits get over their love affair with islamic fundamentalists after this? Probably not"

It's not so much a love of islamic fundamentalists. As it is a love and even a need for political correctness.
I do not mean my postings as a bashing of the English people what so ever.

"Tony Blair distanced himself from Washington yesterday by pointedly condemning the Israeli assassination of the Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi at the weekend.

George Bush's administration refused to criticise the killing and said Israel had a right of self-defence.

Mr Blair told parliament: "We condemn the targeted assassination of Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi just as we condemn all terrorism, including that perpetrated by Hamas."

While Mr Blair has been quick to condemn Palestinian suicide bombings against Israel in the past, he has been less ready to criticise action against Palestinians.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1195709,00.html

(Did PM Blair equate Israel's actions in killing a terrorist with Hamas' acts of terror? --- "We condemn the targeted assassination of Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi just as we condemn all terrorism")

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"Tens of thousands of Palestinians have taken part in the funeral of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the assassinated founder of the militant group Hamas.

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But Washington pointedly refused to criticise Israel over the killing, saying the country had a right to defend itself.

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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the killing was "unjustified" and "very unlikely to achieve its objective"."

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/22/yassin/

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"Britain's foreign minister called the attack "unlawful" and condemned it, as did other world leaders."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3557601.stm