-Caveat Lector- http://www.vny.com/cf/news/upidetail.cfm?QID=150644 Blair 'tomatoed' over Iraq policy Tuesday, 9 January 2001 10:46 (ET) BRISTOL, England, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a barrage of rotten fruit Tuesday and took a direct hit from a tomato thrown by demonstrators protesting Britain's policy toward Iraq. He was uninjured. The tomato smashed into his back as Blair entered the City of Bristol College to open a new campus. An aide wiped the mess from his jacket, but the tomato attack left a large, red stain on the back right shoulder. The protesters lobbed more tomatoes and other fruit, including small, rotten oranges at Blair, but the projectiles missed the prime minister. Police, including officers on horseback, held back about two dozen demonstrators as surged toward Blair. Inside the college, a woman protester shouted, "How many Iraqi children have you killed today?" The prime minister appeared to take no notice as he continued on his way to a brief formal opening ceremony. Some of the protesters were identified as students carrying banners with slogans such as "Cut the War Tax" and "People Are More Important Than Oil," in protest of U.N. sanctions against President Saddam Hussein's regime following the Gulf War. Student Sean Western said, "A tomato was thrown as his (Blair's) head, and the rebound hit me. They threw one (tomato) straight into his car, and he started walking in, and there were six other tomatoes thrown, and there was a woman screaming her head off." The protests appeared linked to a demonstration planned for London on Jan. 16 announced Tuesday by campaigners against the Iraqi sanctions. The demonstrators didn't limit their protests to the Iraqi situation. Also on hand was a group from Farmers for Action, who led the fuel tax protests that nearly brought Britain to a standstill last September. The farmers brought along a dozen tractors and trucks, but police stopped them short of the city council offices where Blair was to make a speech. The journey to Bristol marked the prime minister's first campaign trip of the new year in the run-up of a general election widely expected to be set for May 3. -- The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power. --William Shakespeare <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
