Labour MPs blame bombings on Iraq war

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

The uneasy truce inside the Labour Party over the London bombings ended last night as an ex-cabinet minister and left-wing Labour MPs linked the attacks with the war in Iraq.

Left-wing Labour MPs said they would use a conference in London today to pile the pressure on Tony Blair to hasten the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq. And Clare Short, the former cabinet minister, said in a television interview to be broadcast tomorrow that she "had no doubt" that the bombings were connected to the Iraqi conflict.

Ms Short said the anti-terror legislation being planned by Mr Blair would act as a recruiting sergeant for the terrorists. She said it was wrong that Muslims should grow up in Britain willing to contemplate killing innocent civilians, but coupled her condemnation of the bombing with criticism of British foreign policy.

"Some of the voices that have been coming from the Government that talk as though this is all evil, and that everything we do is fine, when in fact we are implicated in the slaughter of large numbers of civilians in Iraq and supporting a Middle East policy that for the Palestinians creates this sense of double standards - that feeds anger," she said in a recorded interview for GMTV.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article299456.ece

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Hey.... there are governments to be overthrown in oil rich nations...

Venezuela comes to mind... how dare they nationalize their natural resources, and help "their own people" mr. pretzledent.

[VegasWolf]

2. and, they would be correct! Bush = fucked world! nt

[CJCRANE]

3. Glad they're speaking up.

I can't stand the hypocritical crap that Blair and the Tories come out with.

[arewenotdemo]

4. It's about time someone laid this at the Poodle's feet

[ROH]

5. 72% of Britons say Iraq support left Britain more vulnerable to attack

Polling Data

"Do you think Britain’s role in Iraq has made the country more vulnerable or less vulnerable to attack by Islamic terrorists?"

More vulnerable ... 72%
Less vulnerable ... 1%
Made no difference ... 24%
Don’t know ... 3%

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=191x6123

[HockeyMom]

6. Out of touch Fox Poll

According to their poll, "majority" of Americans believe the London bombings will make the Brits more supportive of the Iraq war.

More of their belief that "fighting them over there, so we don't have to fight them here" philosophy?




http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162531,00.html

[BooScout]

7. This is nothing new...

Clare Short has been giving Tony hell since she resigned over the Iraq war and so have many left wingers. Clare lost a good bit of credibility when Tony talked her out of resigning the first time....if she had stuck to her guns and resigned the first time rather than threaten to..... what she now says would carry a lot more weight. I still admire her for speaking up but her words don't hold a lot of sway.

[bennywhale]

8. Over this coming week i'm sure we will have more open criticism of Blair's

unconditional support for the Texan. This has been a period of reflection and sadness over here, next comes the anger.

I'm sure Blair knows it and is getting his slimy answers ready now.