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// United Kingdom Government, UK.GOV News: 20050324 -  -  -  -  - "Blair faces renewed pressure over legality of the Iraq war." ... "Prime Minister Tony Blair's government faced renewed pressure Thursday to explain why its top legal adviser apparently changed his mind only days before the Iraq invasion and ruled Britain's participation in the war would be legal." ... "Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told lawmakers Thursday that the attorney general reached his view independently. He accused the Conservatives of using the row as a ''smoke screen'' to divert attention from the fact that they too backed the war." -By Ed Johnson -AP via -Boston/Globe 20040128 -  -  -  -  - "BBC Chairman Resigns After Hutton Criticism." ... "The chairman of the BBC resigned on Wednesday and the broadcaster apologized for some of its reporting on the buildup to the war in Iraq after an inquiry by a senior judge lambasted the corporation." ... "The report by Lord Hutton criticized journalist Andrew Gilligan, the BBC's management and its supervisory board of governors, for a radio report saying the government "sexed up" intelligence in a dossier on Iraqi weapons." -By Adam Pasick -Reuters  -  -  -  -  - "Judicial Inquiry Clears Blair on Iraq Intelligence Claims: BBC Blamed for Broadcasting 'Unfounded' Allegations." ... "A judicial inquiry cleared Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday of allegations aired by the BBC that he and his aides had exaggerated intelligence claims about Iraq's access to weapons of mass destruction and drove to suicide a British weapons expert who raised questions about those claims." ... "While exonerating Blair, Lord Brian Hutton blamed the BBC for broadcasting what he called "unfounded" allegations in May of 2003 that the government had published a "sexed-up" claim that Iraq could launch such weapons within 45 minutes of an order despite knowing it was probably wrong." -By Glenn Frankel -WashingtonPost  20031009 -  -  -  -  - "Evicted Diego Garcia Residents Lose Case." ... "Hundreds of people who were evicted from an Indian Ocean island chain 30 years ago to make way for a U.S. military base have no right to return home or get compensation, a British judge ruled Thursday." ... "Still, Judge Duncan Ouseley at London's High Court said he was  ``acutely conscious'' of the position of at least some of the claimants from the Chagos Islands. They were removed from the British territory between 1967 and 1973 to make way for the U.S. base on the island of Diego Garcia." ... "``It does appear that, in the absence of unexpectedly compelling evidence to the contrary, at least some claimant Chagossians could show that they were treated shamefully by successive U.K. governments,'' he said. " -By Michael McDonough -Guardian.co.uk Judge's decision 20030812 -  -  - "British open Iraq war inquiry." ... "The official inquiry into what was apparently the suicide of a leading British weapons expert [David Kelly] was told Monday that intelligence officers had registered concern at the way Prime Minister Tony Blair's government presented the threat from Iraq's weapons systems before going to war." ... "But senior government officials on the first full day of testimony at the inquiry denied that the government knowingly used false information to create a sense of imminent threat from Baghdad." -By Alan Cowell -NYTimes via -IHT.com  20030719 -  - "Weapons expert had slashed wrist:  Police have confirmed that the expert at the centre of the Iraq dossier row bled to death from a slit wrist, as Tony Blair comes under increasing pressure over the affair." ... "Dr David Kelly, 59, was the suspected mole behind a BBC report that Downing Street communications director Alastair Campbell "sexed up" a dossier setting out the case for war." ... "Dr Kelly disappeared two days after being grilled by the Commons foreign affairs select committee as part of its inquiry into the use of intelligence in the run-up to the war in Iraq."-BBC/News  20030707 -  -  - "British Panel Clears Blair of Charges of Doctoring Iraq Data." ... "A House of Commons committee cleared the government today of charges that it doctored evidence of Iraqi weapons, but the committee criticized the government's handling of intelligence findings, saying it resulted in Prime Minister Tony Blair's unknowingly misinforming Parliament." ... "The committee is one of two parliamentary panels looking into allegations that the government may have exaggerated the threat posed by Iraq before the war. The other, an intelligence panel, will take its testimony behind closed doors and submit its report to the prime minister for revisions before making it public." -NYTimes via -Google-News  20030624 -  -  -  - GENETICS - "UK babies may be genetically screened." ... "Every child born in the UK could be genetically screened and the data stored to plan their future healthcare under government proposals for a massive expansion of genetic testing." ... "The controversial proposal for testing newborn babies was announced in a White Paper that promised £50m to expand the ability of the NHS to cope with the rapid advance in genetic testing. It is likely to be studied by the Human Genetics Commission, the government advisory group, as well as the National Screening Committee before firm proposals are made on what diseases would be tested for." ... "The proposals were welcomed by medical researchers, but opponents of genetic testing said they raised the prospect of a world where imperfection was illegal and a "genetic underclass" was unable to obtain health insurance, jobs and mortgages." -By David Firn -FT.com  20030623 -  -  - "Galloway seeks inquiry after papers exposed as fakes." ... "George Galloway yesterday demanded a government inquiry after documents alleging that he took more than $10m (£6.3m) from Saddam Hussein were exposed as forgeries." ... "The suspended Labour MP claimed he was the victim of a conspiracy and rejected an apology from the Christian Science Monitor, threatening to extend his legal action to British newspapers, including the Sun, which repeated the Boston-based title's accusations." ... "Paul Van Slambrouck, editor of the internationally circulated Monitor, published an apology on its website after ink tests found two of the "oldest" documents, dated 1992 and 1993, on which the paper based its incendiary allegations in April were in fact written a few months ago." -By Kevin Maguire -Guardian.co.uk 20030403 -  -  -  -  - Special Reports - "Blair's War: He fought in vain for trans-atlantic unity on Iraq.  Now, as the battle for Baghdad begins, his future hangs in the balance." ... "Introduction [Synopsis]." ... "Blair gambled everything on his ability to personally bridge the gap between America and key players in Western Europe -- and he failed. Now, political observers are questioning whether NATO, the United Nations -- and Blair himself -- will survive the aftermath of war with Iraq." ... "The Prime Minister: A conversation with his biographer, assessments of his character and politics, and a look at his relationship with George W. Bush." ... "The Fractured Alliance: Robert Kagan and Will Hutton debate the myths and realities of the U.S.-Europe divide. Plus, comment and analysis on the costs of U.S. unilateralism." ... "The Liberal Divide:  Paul Berman, Timothy Garton Ash, and David Rieff discuss Blair, the liberal case for war, and the divided left." ... "The Failure of Diplomacy:  An overview of thekey diplomatic moments and missteps leading to war with Iraq." ... "Interviews." ... "Readings& Links."  -PBS.org (A-Z)  -Frontline  -  -  - "Straw distances UK from threats to Syria and Iran." ... "Britain distanced itself from US sabre rattling yesterday, insisting it would have "nothing to do" with threats from Washington against Iran and Syria and announcing a relaxation of export controls on dual-use civilian and military equipment for Iran." ... "Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, defended Tehran and Damascus after warnings from the US to both regimes." ... "Mr Straw is meeting the US secretary of state, Colin Powell, along with other EU and Nato foreign ministers in Brussels today amid signs of sharp divergences between London and Washington over wider Middle East and post-war issues." -By Ian Black and Patrick Wintour -Guardian.co.uk 20030313 -  -  -  -  - "U.S. Blasts France's Veto Threat on Iraq:  U.S. Officials Say France Sending Wrong Message to Iraq in Threatening to Veto British Plan." ... "U.S. officials say France is sending exactly the wrong message to Iraq's Saddam Hussein by threatening to veto a United Nations resolution that would order him to disarm immediately or face war." ... "State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Wednesday that the stand of French President Jacques Chirac is making it less likely Iraq can be disarmed peacefully and the White House suggested for the first time that voting against the resolution in the U.N. Security Council could damage a country's relationship with the United States." -AP via  -ABCNEWS.com  20030312 - -  -  -  - "Blair spells out demands on Saddam." ... "The prime minister, Tony Blair, today spelled out Britain's final demands for the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, to give up his weapons of mass destruction or face military action." ... "The government has drawn up a list of six "benchmarks" against which Iraqi compliance with United Nations demands to disarm can be judged." ... "They include a demand for Saddam to make a public declaration on Iraqi television that he has been hiding banned weapons materials but has now made a "strategic decision" to give them up." ... "It must be followed by the destruction "forthwith" of Iraq's remaining stocks of anthrax and other biological and chemical materials." -By Mark Oliver  -Guardian.co.uk  -  -  - "Britain, U.S. offer U.N. amendments." ... "U.S. and British diplomats on Wednesday were fine-tuning new amendments to their U.N. resolution on Iraq in another attempt to nail down the nine votes needed for approval in the Security Council. With the U.S.-imposed deadline for a vote early this week slipping away, the allies hope that new “benchmarks” for disarmament, including a televised appearance by President Saddam Hussein to renounce weapons of mass destruction, will sway nations unwilling to back the March 17 ultimatum of the current draft." -MS-NBC  -  -  - "For Blair, political risk runs the highest." ... "None of America's allies for a possible war against Iraq is feeling more pressure than Blair, who was further stung by poll results released yesterday that showed only 19 percent of British residents support going to war without a second UN resolution." ... "Blair's response has been to face his challengers on prime-time television, while off-stage directing his top aides and diplomats to find the nine votes on the UN Security Council required for a compromise resolution that gives Iraq more time to comply." -By John Donnelly and Beth Carney -Boston/Globe  20030307 -  -  - "10 Days:  Britain Proposes More Time for Saddam; Sets Ultimatum on War" ... "Iraq has 10 days to show it is disarming under a draft resolution Britain offered to the U.N. Security Council today with the backing of the United States." ... "Speaking before the Security Council today, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw pushed the world body to be more aggressive and offered an amendment to a resolution introduced earlier. Under the amended version, Iraq would have until March 17 to disarm." -ABCNEWS.com  20030306 -  - "U.K. mulls changes to Iraq resolution:  Powell to meet with diplomats." ... "Ahead of critical meetings at the United Nations, intense diplomatic efforts are under way as the United States and Britain try to gather the necessary nine votes in the 15-member U.N. Security Council to pass a second resolution against Iraq." ... "British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Thursday that Britain would consider making changes to the draft resolution, which would declare Iraq in violation of previous measures." -CNN  -  -  - "U.S. triples ‘no fly’ sorties over Iraq:  New strategy aims to mask start of any war." ... "U.S. and British pilots were flying nearly triple the number of air patrols in the “no fly” zone over southern Iraq on Thursday — a strategy aimed at keeping Iraq off guard by masking the start of any war. The Pentagon earlier described a “shock and awe” plan to unleash a barrage of bombs 10 times as great as in the opening days of the 1991 Gulf War." ... "Several hundred sorties a day are now being flown over southern Iraq, including F-16 and other attack planes as well as surveillance, refueling and other support aircraft, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The official did not reveal specific numbers." -MS-NBC  20030305 -  -  -  -  -  - "New blow to U.S. plans for Iraq war:  France, Russia, Germany say they will oppose U.N. resolution." ... "The foreign ministers of France, Russia and Germany said Wednesday they will not allow a U.N. resolution to pass that authorizes war against Iraq. Their statement, which followed a hastily called meeting in Paris, came amid a quickening U.S. push for military action against Baghdad. A White House spokesman played down the resistance, saying President Bush remained confident that the draft resolution, sponsored by the United States, Britain and Spain, would be approved." -MS-NBC  20030226 - "Blair Suffers Major Party Revolt Over Iraq." ... "British Prime Minister Tony Blair suffered by far the largest revolt he has faced from his war-wary Labor Party but still won a parliamentary vote Wednesday over tackling Iraq." -By Mike Peacock-Reuters via  -ABCNEWS.com  20030225 -  -  - "Western Jets Attack Five Missile Systems in Iraq." ... "Warplanes taking part in U.S.-British patrols attacked five missile sites in northern and southern Iraq on Tuesday, including a battlefield rocket launcher within range of American troops massed in Kuwait, the U.S. military said."-Reuters via  -ABCNEWS.com  -  -  - "Text: U.S.-British Draft Resolution Stating Position on Iraq." -NYTimes via  -Google-News  -  -  - "Who is for and who against a war on Iraq?" ... "A new resolution on Iraq which Washington would like passed by mid-March will need backing from at least nine of the 15 members of the U.N. Security Council, and no vetoes." -Reuters -AlertNet.org/Newsdesk  currently calculates four Security Council member countries are for a new resolution: the US, UK, Spain, and Bulgaria; six member countries have voiced opposition to a new resolution: China, France, Germany, Mexico, Russia, and Syria; and five member countries are "unclear": Angola, Cameroon, Chile, Guinea, and Pakistan. The five permanent UN Security Council members can each independently veto any resolution.  Permanent Members: France, China, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States Rotating Members: Angola, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, Germany, Guinea, Mexico, Pakistan, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic -UN.org/Docs/scinfo.htm 20030220 -  -  - "U.S., Britain Prepare Iraq Resolution." ... "The United States and Britain will shortly introduce a new U.N. resolution that would pave the way for military action and give Saddam Hussein a final few weeks to fully cooperate with weapons inspectors, diplomats said." ... "Washington and London face an uphill struggle in getting the minimum nine votes for a new resolution. The other permanent council members, France, Russia and China, don't think a new resolution is necessary - and one of them could veto it." -By Edith M. Lederer -AP via -Miami/Herald  20030219 -  -  - "Iraq faces ultimatum in second UN resolution." ... "The US and British governments will begin work today on a new United Nations resolution that will set an ultimatum for Iraq to cooperate fully by next month or face war." ... "The two governments have been on the back foot since the UN chief weapons inspector, Hans Blix, produced a report on Friday more favourable to Iraq than expected and, a day later, more than 6 million people joined anti-war demonstrations worldwide." -By Ewen MacAskill and Michael White -Guardian.co.uk -  -  - "Britain upgrades travel warnings on Iraq, Kuwait, Israel." ... "Britain said Wednesday that its citizens in Iraq should leave the country immediately, citing "increasing regional tension and of the risk of terrorist action."" ... "The Foreign Office also upgraded its warnings on travel to Kuwait, Israel and the Palestinian territories." ... ""If you are considering going to Iraq, you should be aware that British nationals were used as hostages during the 1990-91 crisis by the Iraqi regime, being held where their safety was at most risk," the advisory said." -AP via -USATODAY -  -  -  - "Pre-war action already under way:  Stepped-up bombing attacks in no-fly zones and Special Forces operations in Iraq are part of growing preparations." ... "In important ways, the Gulf War of 2003 has already begun." ... "From armed attacks on opposing forces to covert preparations, both the United States and Iraq are heavily involved in military actions: •Twice last week, American and British jets attacked Iraqi missile sites, part of stepped-up allied activity in the southern no-fly zone. •On the ground, Special Forces soldiers and CIA operatives already are inside Iraq, working with Iraqis who oppose Saddam Hussein, preparing airstrips and communications facilities, and taking note of potential targets for air attack." -By Brad Knickerbocker -CSMonitor READ MORE: UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT News Archive... !

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