Democrats may extend Iraq war memo probe to London

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Big News Network.com Monday 23rd May, 2005

U.S. congressmen are investigating the British government's role in helping to prepare for the war in Iraq.

Senior Democrats in Congress are considering sending a delegation to London to investigate Britain's role in the preparations for the war, which was launched in March 2003. They have seized on a leaked Downing Street memo, first published three weeks ago by The Sunday Times, as evidence American lawmakers were misled about Bush's intentions in Iraq.

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The Democrats' letter, drafted by Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, said the memo raised troubling new questions regarding the legal justifications for the war as well as the integrity of your own administration, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

'They (the Republicans) are trying desperately to wait it out and hope that nobody will bring this up,' Conyers said. 'But this thing will not be snuffed out.'

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I hope not!!!

it will get the coverage it deserves, or will it if the BBC is on strike?

dp

now Conyers and company there.

Liberals on both side of The Pond uniting to find out the truth -- what a concept!

Very, very interesting.

Wanna Walnetto?

:think:

Good call by Conyers.

The Democrats need to keep pushing this!

anymore, lackys for the corporations & white house.

from the Sunday Times:

Blair faces US probe over secret Iraq invasion plan

at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1622378,00.html

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Conyers said the memo raised “very serious questions about an abuse of power , . . it is a very serious constitutional matter”. Under the US constitution, only Congress has the power to declare war, and it was not until mid-October 2002 that Bush obtained the necessary authorisation to begin military preparations.

“There are members saying that if they knew then what they know now they wouldn’t have given him those powers (to wage war),” Conyers said.

By sending investigators to London, Conyers hopes to stir the US media into re-examining a story largely ignored in America since Bush’s re-election victory in November.

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(Edit: quote a bit of the article - why not?)

You never back down and you keep on pushing.

thanks for the HOPE Mr. Conyers.

This is the most important issue of our lifetime- thanks for speaking up- and i hope others in the party follow your bravery.

ya know somebody in washington is going to feel a fire under his ass!

this is great news -- and i am soo loving this transatlantic liberal cooperation.
i'd love to see much more of that sort of thing.

I think Conyers has had more than enough of the crap avalanche spilling forth from the White House.

:kick:

It's pitchforks and torches time, fellow paisan!

Bush lied America into war.