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I'm not America's poodle, says Blair AFP [ FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2002 8:52:25 AM ] LONDON: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Friday he was not America's poodle in its war on terrorism or any strike on Iraq, insisting he would only agree to military action if he thought it was the right thing to do. Blair said that "action is not imminent" against Iraq, although recent events in Afghanistan, including the rise of the Taliban and the al-Qaeda network of chief terror suspect Osama Bin Laden threw the need for action into sharp focus. "In respect of Iraq or anything else, if I thought America was wrong to do something, I would say so," Blair told the Guardian newspaper for a series of articles to mark his five years as Premier. Asked if he was irked by suggestions that Britain was America's "poodle", he replied, "it doesn't irk me but I do think people are wrong and potentially very destructive of this country's influence. "It's a good thing that the British Prime Minister has influence with the American President. There are forces inside America that believe that it should be on its own, entirely unilateralist." Blair added, "it should be part of our job constantly to say no, there are good allies in the world who can work with you', and where we have disagreement, like we do over Kyoto agreement or some trade issues, we will say that." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
