[2413] in peace2
Dissent from Within the UK
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Mui)
Sun Mar 30 12:35:57 2003
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:35:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Simon Mui <simsays@MIT.EDU>
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Robin Cook, the Leader of the Commons who resigned to protest the
war, speak's out in the UK's Sunday Mirror...
"Bring our lads home"
http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/news/page.cfm?objectid=12790012&method=full&siteid=106694
(also see Independent UK)
"Cook: Pull out of bloody, unjust war"
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=392172
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Cook is already facing a backlash, being asked by Home Secretary David
Blunkett whose side of the war he is on:
BBC UK
"Cook Opens a Pandora's Box"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2900643.stm
"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2899621.stm"
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