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July 16, 2005
Why McDonnel Called For Britain's Withdrawal From Iraq
Ireland Online (IOL) reported July 16, 2005 that, John McDonnell, Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, said it was "intellectually unsustainable" for British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government to say the Iraq war played no part in the July 7, 2005 bombings in London that caused 55 known deaths and wounded dozens more. He said, according to IOL: The Butler Inquiry had revealed security service warnings of an upsurge in terrorism if Britain joined the US invasion."
Mr. McDonnell also said:
Now is the time to prevent further violence by renouncing violent solutions ourselves. Our mission must be to prevent conflict, not provoke it. For as long as Britain remains in occupation in Iraq, the terrorist recruiters will have the argument they seek to attract more susceptible young recruits to their bomb teams.Britain must withdraw now. What message is sent to young people when two million march against a war, with those marches led by young Muslims actively participating in politics often for the first time, and yet they have their voices ignored?"He said young Muslims across the world were being influenced by pictures of Allied bombing of Baghdad, abuse at Abu Graib jail and chained prisoners at Guantanamo Bay," IOL noted. Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at July 16, 2005 11:37 AM
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