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To: mishedlo who wrote (8671)	3/30/2003 2:42:52 AM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11447

Has this story broken in England yet(like as a headline)???? It puts MI6 in a deservedly dastardly light, at minimum; and our CIA as pathetic incompetents or fellow conspirators with Britain, i suggest they were fellow conspirators. i suggest they used the info knowing it was highly questionable and stamped it VALID; and then had a back-up story of " well we believed MI6". I don't know how long the "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil", head in the sand crowd can keep succeeding in not having the fact that their leaders our rank liars somehow leak into their brain. Max

To: mishedlo who wrote (8671)	3/30/2003 2:55:00 AM
From: LTK007	Respond to of 11447

Angry Cook lashes out at war news.bbc.co.uk Robin Cook: Warning against Baghdad siege Former cabinet minister Robin Cook has launched an angry attack on the war in Iraq and called on Tony Blair to bring UK combat units home. Mr Cook - who resigned as Leader of the House of Commons in protest at the decision to launch hostilities without international agreement - denounced the campaign as "bloody and unnecessary". The ex-foreign secretary also warned that Britain and the United States risked stoking up a "long-term legacy of hatred" for the West across the Arab and Muslim world. Downing Street was unmoved by the comments, saying his position contrary to that of the government was well known. I have already had my fill of this bloody and unnecessary war Robin Cook Career profile Meanwhile, a new poll suggests 84% of Britons are now in favour of the war continuing until its objectives have been achieved. (those brits go to rally around the flag mode faster than Jack Flash or U.S. . That is a pathetic shift in opinion from a minority opinion to heavy majority opinion since war started---incredible.--max) Eleven per cent of the 510 people questioned in an ICM Research poll for the News of the World newspaper said they believed troops should now be withdrawn from battle. Siege 'suffering' In his outspoken article for the Sunday Mirror newspaper, Mr Cook said that US President George W Bush and his Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld did not appear to know what to do now that their hopes that Iraq would swiftly capitulate had proved unfounded. They appeared to be contemplating laying siege to Baghdad, which would result in massive civilian suffering and many unnecessary deaths, he said. Mr Cook wrote: "I have already had my fill of this bloody and unnecessary war. "I want our troops home and I want them home before more of them are killed." Siege fear Mr Cook, who was among 10 members of the Labour Government to resign over the war, accused Mr Bush of "sitting pretty in the comfort of Camp David" while coalition forces risked death in an "unnecessary and badly planned" war. "It is easy to show you are resolute when you are not one of the guys in a sandstorm peering around for snipers," he said. There will be a long-term legacy of hatred for the West if the Iraqi people continue to suffer from the effects of the war we started Robin Cook Mr Cook went on to say that no one should start a war "on the assumption that the enemy's army will co-operate" - but that was exactly what President Bush had done. Now the US marines had reached the outskirts of Baghdad "he does not seem to know what to do next". There have been suggestions that the advance on the Iraqi capital had been delayed because of Iraqi resistance and overstretched supply lines from Kuwait, up to 500 kilometres (300 miles) away. The BBC's David Willis, who is with US marines about 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Baghdad, says some troops have had their rations cut to just one meal a day. The Pentagon has denied there is any "pause" in the campaign. Different opinions In his article Mr Cook also raised concerns that the Iraq campaign could drag on for months. "Shortly before I resigned, a Cabinet colleague told me not to worry about the political fallout - the war would be finished long before polling day for the May local elections," he said. "I just hope those who expected a quick victory are proved right." A Downing Street spokesman said Mr Cook had a well-known position on Iraq which was not shared by the government. "As the prime minister said in the press conference in Camp David, we will see the military campaign through until we achieve our objectives: that is, Saddam gone and Iraq's weapons of mass destruction disarmed."