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Asked who would be the UK representative at the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as the first elected President of Afghanistan, the PMOS told journalists that it would be Bill Rammell. Obviously President Karzai was very well aware of our congratulations for his election which represented a very significant moment in Afghanistan’s history. You only had to observe that this would be the first elected President in Afghanistan’s history to understand the significance of the event.

Asked if the Government would give time to the Self Defence Bill table by the Conservative Party, the PMOS said that the important thing was that if there was confusion about the existing law which does allow reasonable force, then the first thing to do was to clarify it. The question about other proposals coming from people was whether they helped that process and whether in practical terms they were applicable in Court and how they would apply to cases. These matters were being considered in the Home Office.

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2 Comments »

  1. Ah, the president of Afghanistan.

    I love a good old-fashioned American puppet show.

    Comment by Doug — 7 Dec 2004 on 2:52 pm | Link
  2. Does anyone actually realise the significance of all these American puppets? And where they are currently being installed? The world is rapidly running out of oil (Gordon Brown recently highlighted this to the G7) and the yanks are circling to take what’s left and control distribution. Naturally, the fact that we are part of a "special relationship" with the yanks will probably mean they will give us some scraps from time to time when they need something from us – no doubt at a hefty price, of course.

    This is a plan which has been in the making for over 20 years; there is ample reading material, places like fromthewilderness.com and narconews.com are good places to start. This is not scaremongering – the information is in the public domain. It is just frightening (truly frightening) to know that so few people read the available information and ask the right questions.

    I predict a storm of abuse and contempt at this post; fine – as long as people start to think!

    Comment by PapaLazzzaru — 8 Dec 2004 on 4:44 pm | Link

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