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To: pompsander who wrote (763019)	6/27/2007 3:18:35 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Tony Blair quits as British PM today - could this have something to do with the illegal arms/BAE deal in which Cheney is also implicated? The plot has thickened to concrete. Blair quits as British PM UPDATE 06.27.07, 10:05 AM ET Tony Blair today bowed out of British politics, stepping down as prime minister and an MP to take a new job as special Middle East envoy. In a carefully choreographed sequence of events, the UN announced Mr Blair's appointment - which had been heavily trailed last week - just hours after he made his exit from British political life. guardian.co.uk LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Tony Blair has formally resigned as British Prime Minister after 10 years in power. He has just tendered his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II and left Buckingham Palace. Blair's successor, the Chancellor Gordon Brown, is on his way to the Palace. According to official procedure, the monarch will invite Brown to become Britain's next leader. Brown will then return to Downing Street to start work on appointing his first government. S inquiry undermines British stance on BAE An investigation launched by the United States into BAE corruption allegations has raised more questions about the role of the British goverment in the affair, write David Leigh and Rob Evans Tuesday June 26, 2007 Guardian Unlimited BAE's chief executive, Mike Turner, is eating his words today, only days after trying to dismiss the Guardian's accurate prediction that the arms giant would face a criminal investigation in Washington. Named as a potential corruption suspect himself in the Serious Fraud Office BAE dossiers, Mr Turner told a Sunday paper the only reason the SFO had begun its previous investigation was because of allegations in the British media. "I think the US department of justice is more robust about standing up to the press," he said patronisingly. "Just because the press make accusations, you don't have to then start an investigation. We've done nothing wrong." guardian.co.uk