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Nambe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-03 11:28 AM
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Blair Must Come Clean..Says Major (Carlyle Euorpean Director)
Cambridge Newspapers Ltd


FORMER Huntingdon MP John Major today stepped into the row over intelligence used in the run-up to the Iraq war, calling for an independent inquiry. ---

"We are in the middle of the war on terror. No-one knows what our troops will be asked to do next. I think it is very important indeed that Parliament and public accept unquestioningly the veracity and faith of the Government at a time when they may be asking troops to go into war.

"Unless this is cleared up there is a danger that, were a similar circumstance to arise, Parliament and public would not have the faith they have had in the past."

Mr Major said he did not believe that the inquiry currently under way by the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee would be sufficient. ---

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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-03 11:40 AM
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1. How long will it take before Blair figures out he was set up by a Chimp?
It won't do him any good, but he should try and save his party.

Don

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MUAD_DIB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-03 11:59 AM
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3. He should have known that from the start.

The French and Germans knew it and sided against us.


Also: of course John Major would call for an investigation. It is in his own self interests since it would help the conservatives.


PM Blair, what have you done to yourself and your party.

What a sucker!
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-03 12:04 PM
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5. He was too stupid to realize it n/t
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-03 11:57 AM
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2. Tony Blair -
dog gone
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Tinoire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-03 12:04 PM
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4. That's TOO funny
Edited on Thu Jul-10-03 12:11 PM by Tinoire
John Major asking Blair to come clean. ROFLMAO. Looks like Tony's in danger of losing his promised seat on the board of Carlyle next to his friend John Major!

Bush, Bin Laden and The Carlyle Group

WHAT is the missing link between the CIA, American weapons firms, Wall Street, John Major and the Bin Laden family? The answer is The Carlyle Group, an immensely powerful financial empire with enough dodgy connections and questionable interests to keep an army of conspiracy theorists occupied for years. The chances are you won’t have heard of this extraordinarily sinister organisation, the world’s largest private equity firm. The Carlyle Group doesn’t go out of its way to court publicity - unsurprisingly, considering what it gets up to - and it is virtually invisible even outside its official UK head office address at 20 Berkeley Square in London’s Mayfair (The group also has offices in Lansdowne House at 57 Berkeley Square). But bits and pieces are starting to emerge about its operations, building up a frightening picture of the fusion of mega-powerful global financial interests with so-called "democratic" governments like the USA and the UK. Just think about the scenario, A global war on "terrorism" is started that brings about a big boost in defence spending in the USA and a massive profit for a company with close links not only to the President, his father and their entourage but also to a certain Bin Laden family in Saudi Arabia, one of whose members is accredited with kicking off the whole militarist frenzy... Can this be true? Do we sound crazy? If you don’t believe us, why not check it out for yourself? The evidence is all there if you can get access to the internet for a few hours. You might start with The Carlyle Group’s own website http://www.thecarlylegroup.com In the section detailing its leading lights you will find some interesting names, such as:

Chairman - Frank C Carlucci. Deputy director of the CIA (1978-81) and US Secretary of Defence in the Reagan administration, 1987-89.

Senior Counselor - James A. Baker. White House Chief of Staff (1981-85) and Secretary of Treasury (1985-88) under Reagan. Secretary of State (1989-92) under Bush senior.

Senior Advisor - Arthur Levitt. Chairman of the American Stock Exchange (1978-89).

Chairman of Carlyle Europe - John Major. British Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997 and in power throughout the original Gulf War against Iraq.

<snip>

http://www.eco-action.org/porkbolter/carlyle.html
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-03 12:43 PM
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6. my two cents...
Blair was promised mucho dinero, blanket immunity and international prestige to go along with this BoD seat on the Carlisle BoD, as long as he delivered Brit support and accomodation for the neocon middle east agenda. Now poodle is feeling the pinch. The media in the UK is NOT giving poodle and co. the free pass they had hoped for, unlike the puppet press in the US. Call a spade a spade, the whole damned middle east charade was and is a crap shoot. shrubco is betting they will be able to pull off a large majority of their priorities before being derailed by the American public.
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