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To: lurqer who wrote (36609)	1/30/2004 11:25:04 AM
From: Rick Faurot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Boycott CBS! Especially, boycott the Superbowl. And, of course, boycott Fox News. I do.

To: lurqer who wrote (36609)	1/30/2004 12:08:54 PM
From: lurqer	Respond to of 89467

After what has been labeled the "Hutton Whitewash" that has resulted in two BBC execs quitting, I suspect the following was reported with a certain glee. Prime Minister Blair urged to admit Iraq mistake Britain's Ex-Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has urged Prime Minister Tony Blair to admit that intelligence he presented to parliament on Iraq was is was "wildlywrong," the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported Friday. "It's getting embarrassing to watch our government still trying to deny reality," said Robin Cook, who resigned from the UK cabinet as leader of the House of Commons last year in protest against Blair's policy supporting a war against Iraq. He said the prime minister should admit that although he believed information on supposed weapons of mass destruction "in all good faith," it was incorrect. "Now that Lord Hutton has cleared Tony Blair of lying, he is in a strong position," he said. "He will never have a better opportunity to say that he believed in all good faith the intelligence he was given and he gave to Parliament, but that it has turned out to be wildly wrong." Condoleezza Rice, the US's national security advisor has acknowledged possible flaws in pre-war intelligence, following former senior US weapons inspector David Kay's claims that intelligence that Iraq possessed stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons were false. "Now that even the White House has admitted they may have got it wrong, it's embarrassing to watch our government still trying to deny reality. The game is up," Cook said. "Does Britain now accept, as the US government now seems to believe, that weapons of mass destruction will not be found?" Blair is due to be quizzed over intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) when he makes his regular appearance before the influential Commons liaison committee of select committee chairmen on Tuesday. Shadow foreign secretary Michael Ancram also called on Tony Blair to explain why he still believed the WMD intelligence and pressed for an independent inquiry into the lead up to the Iraq war. "It seems that Tony Blair is the only person still certain that weapons of mass destruction will definitely be found. He must explain why he is the odd man out and produce the evidence as to why," he said. But the inquiry calls were brushed aside by Blair's official spokesman, who said the Iraq Survey Group should be allowed to complete its work. "The prime minister has said that he did believe the intelligence was right and he did believe there would be an explanation," he said. End item news.xinhuanet.com lurqer