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To: American Spirit who wrote (373736)	3/18/2003 7:08:46 PM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

British PM Blair Wins Legislative Votes on Iraq Tuesday, March 18, 2003 LONDON — Britain's House of Commons backed Prime Minister Tony Blair's policy on Iraq on Tuesday, voting in favor of using "all means necessary" to disarm Saddam Hussein. In an earlier vote, lawmakers also supported Blair, rejecting a motion to oppose a U.S.-led war with Iraq. Yet many rebel legislators in Blair's Labor Party voted against his hard-line stance on Baghdad -- which prompted three ministers to resign this week -- showing that opposition to his pro-war position remains strong. With a U.S.-led war appearing inevitable, legislators voted 396 to 217 to defeat a parliamentary amendment by Labor Party rebels that declared the case for war "has not yet been established." The 217 votes included about 135 Labor Party backbenchers, TV reports said. Last month, a similar parliamentary showdown regarding Iraq and its weapons saw 122 Labor lawmakers vote against the government, the biggest revolt since the party came to power in 1997. On Tuesday's second motion, legislators voted 412 to 149 to use "all means necessary" for disarmament. "Back away from this confrontation now and future conflicts will be infinitely worse and more devastating in their effects," Blair said during hours of Commons debate before the votes. In Britain, where public and legislative opposition to a war without U.N. approval is strong, an invasion could present Blair's government with serious risks, especially if U.S. and British troops in the Gulf aren't successful. During the debate before the votes, Blair said the Iraq crisis would determine the shape of international politics for a generation. "It will determine the way Britain and the world confront the central security threat of the 21st century; the development of the United Nations; the relationship between Europe and the United States; the relations within the European Union; and the way that the United States engages with the rest of the world," he said. "So it could hardly be more important. It will determine the pattern of international politics for the next generation." Many disaffected Labor legislators have ignored party discipline and opposed Blair's handling of the crisis. Already, senior Cabinet minister Robin Cook, junior Health Minister Lord Hunt and Home Office Minister John Denham have quit over Iraq. Yet Blair had been expected to win Tuesday's votes because he has the support of the opposition Conservative Party as well as many Labor lawmakers. There also have been signs of growing nationalism in Britain in support of the British troops massed in the Persian Gulf. Labor lawmaker Peter Kilfoyle joined many other members of his party in arguing that military action against Saddam would be "illegal, immoral and illogical." But Blair said backing away from conflict now "would put at hazard all that we hold dearest, turn the U.N. back into a talking shop, stifle the first steps of progress in the Middle East, leave the Iraqi people to the mercy of events on which we would have relinquished all power to influence for the better. "I would not be party to such a course," he said. Blair's defenders in the debate included an old foe, former Conservative Party leader William Hague. In his speech, Hague said a war was in Britain's national interest, and he praised the prime minister for sustaining the country's close ties with Washington. "The reason why the United States takes on so many responsibilities in the world is because others shirk those responsibilities," Hague said. "Those who will not venture out when there is a criminal coming down the street should not complain when somebody else acts as the policeman." Hague said Europe must differ with the United States from time to time but never forget the important roles it has played on the world stage, especially in saving Europe from Naziism and communism. Hitting out at France, Hague said that during the U.N. Security Council debate about Iraq there was "a hint of appeasement" similar to that of World War II among countries who oppose fighting Saddam.

To: American Spirit who wrote (373736)	3/18/2003 7:51:02 PM
From: jim-thompson	Respond to of 769670

Recipe for Brainless American's cook book>>Man Kills Boss, Turns Her Into Soup posted by: puke creation date: Thu 21, Feb 2002 @ 10:40 views: 102 -- February 20, 2002 9:57 am EST LAGOS (Reuters) - A Nigerian man who confessed to killing his boss and making pepper soup with her body parts was arrested Wednesday, police said. Salifu Ojo, a 23-year-old farm laborer in southwest Ondo state killed Christiana Elijah, a 40-year-old mother of four, after a dispute over his pay. He chopped off her head, hands and legs, then removed her internal organs which he used as ingredients for his soup, police said. "Ojo macheted the woman after they disagreed over payment," Paul Ochonu, Ondo state commissioner of police, told Reuters. "He severed her parts, made pepper soup and ate it -- all on the farm." Ojo confessed to other laborers after the soup made him vomit, police said. "We recovered the trunk of the woman's body and some uncooked parts on the farm," Ochonu said. He said the man would be charged to court as soon as police completed investigations. Police arrested a suspected cannibal in Nigeria's largest city Lagos in 1998 after several cooked and uncooked human parts were found in his hideout. The man was not prosecuted after doctors deemed him mentally unstable. In Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation of more than 110 million people, many believe witchcraft involving the use of human genitals, eyes, tongues and skulls can make them instant millionaires. Although Ojo did not kill his boss for ritual purposes, police said they suspected he might have wanted to sell some body parts to ritualists.>> room23.de

To: American Spirit who wrote (373736)	3/18/2003 9:05:39 PM
From: Jerrel Peters	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769670

The United States military will liberate the Iraqis under the leadership of President George W. Bush. Once the war is over the country will be rebuilt with Democracy and freedom as it's foundation. Then a large part of the Mideast will get a taste of freedom and will never want to go back to the old ways. Terrorism will become something that they hate and a peace will fall on the land. George W. Bush will go down in history as one of the greatest presidents to have ever lived. He will be right up there with Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln.