http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2004/03/02/285 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:23:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2004/03/02/285#comment-262 Alex Lowe Thu, 04 Mar 2004 20:50:48 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2004/03/02/285#comment-262 The attacks in Karbala and Baghdad show that security in Iraq is still a problem, but it also shows that Iraq is becoming a democracy. Iraq was one of the worlds worst dictatorship but now Saddam has been captured and Iraq will soon have a democratically elected government. This scares Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, they have lost Afghanistan and now Iraq, the two countries they were able to operate in freely. Although a lot of people around the world disagreed with the war and no large or long-range weapons of mass destruction have been found, it has succeeded in removing Saddam from power. A man who attacked his own town of Halabjah with chemical weapons (sarin) because it was captured by Iran in the Iran - Iraq war. This attack alone killed over four thousand people. Although security is still a major problem other services are better than they were before the war, teachers and policemen and many more employees have had large pay rises, there is more electricity and people can say they dislike the government with out being shot or tortured. The attacks in Karbala and Baghdad show that security in Iraq is still a problem, but it also shows that Iraq is becoming a democracy. Iraq was one of the worlds worst dictatorship but now Saddam has been captured and Iraq will soon have a democratically elected government. This scares Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, they have lost Afghanistan and now Iraq, the two countries they were able to operate in freely.
Although a lot of people around the world disagreed with the war and no large or long-range weapons of mass destruction have been found, it has succeeded in removing Saddam from power. A man who attacked his own town of Halabjah with chemical weapons (sarin) because it was captured by Iran in the Iran - Iraq war. This attack alone killed over four thousand people.
Although security is still a major problem other services are better than they were before the war, teachers and policemen and many more employees have had large pay rises, there is more electricity and people can say they dislike the government with out being shot or tortured.

]]> http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2004/03/02/285#comment-207 Dikkie Wed, 03 Mar 2004 10:18:52 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2004/03/02/285#comment-207 Tony blair condems this attack seeing that it happened thousands of miles away it strengthens the resolve of the Coalition to bomb more civilians. "everybody was aware of what was at stake. The prize was a democratic Iraq for the Iraqi people by the Iraqi people." well a democratic Iraq for the american oil companies. I too condem the attacks, but this is what we can expect for demolishing a country with the flimsy excuse of wepons of mass destruction. I have to say that the wepons are very dangerous indeed... being invisible in all. Tony blair condems this attack seeing that it happened thousands of miles away it strengthens the resolve of the Coalition to bomb more civilians.
"everybody was aware of what was at stake. The prize was a democratic Iraq for the Iraqi people by the Iraqi people." well a democratic Iraq for the american oil companies.
I too condem the attacks, but this is what we can expect for demolishing a country with the flimsy excuse of wepons of mass destruction.
I have to say that the wepons are very dangerous indeed… being invisible in all.

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