Christopher Greenwood, a professor of international law at the London School of Economics, submitted an opinion in mid-August to the Federal Court, which is hearing an application by Amnesty International to halt all prisoner transfers by Canadian soldiers to Afghan authorities. Greenwood was the author of a 2002 legal opinion commissioned by the British government entitled "The Legality of Using Force Against Iraq." He concluded an invasion was justified on the grounds of a 1990 UN Security Council resolution, and also on the grounds of self defence if Britain could show the threat of an imminent Iraqi attack.
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<a href="http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/208200">http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/208200</a>
a link sent to me via email - I don't know the site - but the post is important if it <br />
is truth.<br />
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/9/1/183018/1527">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/9/1/183018/1527</a><p>---<br>"aaaah and the whisper of thousands of tiny voices became a mighty deafening roar and they called it 'freedom'!"' Canadians Acting Humanely at home & everywhere
at least for me
Is there a dif way to the story?
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"When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do."
William Blake
<a href="http://rense.com/general78/we.htm">http://rense.com/general78/we.htm</a><p>---<br>"aaaah and the whisper of thousands of tiny voices became a mighty deafening roar and they called it 'freedom'!"' Canadians Acting Humanely at home & everywhere
I cut and pasted to the address bar from the article and it still didn't have success
Read the articlr at rense though Thanks for posting it
Dio
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"When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do."
William Blake
“diplomatic sources have told the BBC that as a fallback plan, senior officials at Central Command in Florida have already selected their target sets inside Iran. <br />
That list includes Iran's uranium enrichment plant at Natanz. Facilities at Isfahan, Arak and Bushehr are also on the target list, the sources say. <br />
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says the trigger for such an attack reportedly includes any confirmation that Iran was developing a nuclear weapon - which it denies.” <br />
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6376639.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6376639.stm</a><br />
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The largest terrorist organization in the world would seem to be the U. S. administration who have decided that they alone will decide what a sovereign nation can or cannot do. <br />
<p>---<br>When you are up to your ass in alligators it is difficult to remember that the initial objective was to drain the swamp