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Go through UN, Clinton urges Bush >From BRUCE WILSON in London 04oct02 FORMER US president Bill Clinton yesterday publicly broke away from his successor, George W. Bush, urging him to stick with the UN in trying to solve the Iraq crisis. In a speech described by one commentator as "mesmerising", Mr Clinton spoke against a US-led pre-emptive strike, in direct opposition to a tough line announced by Mr Bush. The Bush announcement came after a deal was reached with legislators just hours after the Clinton oration to the annual British Labour Party conference. Mr Bush won full congressional support authorising force against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein with or without UN approval. Mr Clinton praised British Prime Minister Tony Blair for being a restraining influence on Mr Bush over going to war. "As an American, and as a citizen of the world, I am glad Tony Blair will be central to weighing the risks and making the calls," Mr Clinton said. Mr Blair basked in the praise and his wife, Cherie, hugged and kissed Mr Clinton when he left the conference hall in Blackpool to a standing ovation, flanked by his friend and travelling companion, actor Kevin Spacey. But the speech created immediate difficulties for Mr Blair because Mr Clinton broke the protocol often observed by former US presidents and openly attacked Mr Bush's domestic and foreign policies. Mr Blair will now have to go back to Mr Bush and show that his obvious friendship with Mr Clinton has not damaged the bilateral relationship in which Britain has been the US's loyal ally in the campaign against Iraq. In a speech on Tuesday, Mr Blair committed himself to the alliance with the US but British policy is to link any action against Saddam to UN resolutions. Mr Clinton said he spoke as someone who knew, because he had ordered attacks himself. "Military action in Iraq should be a last resort," he said. Mr Clinton said US troops would be better employed in Afghanistan, hunting down remnants of the al-Qaeda network. He also warned that, if cornered, Saddam was much more likely to use his weapons of mass destruction than he was today. Mr Clinton said the US was not blameless in the suffering of the Iraqi people � it had played its part in arming Saddam with biological weapons in the 1980s when the US backed Iraq in its war against Iran. "I agree with the many Republicans and Democrats in America, and many here in Britain, who want to go through the United Nations to bring the whole of world opinion together and to offer one more chance to the inspections," he said. <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
