Coalition Of Denial

I see Tony Blair and Jack Straw expect British citizens to believe that their pee is rain too.

"British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw denied today that Britain's support for the United States in its war against Iraq has made it more vulnerable to terrorist attacks.

Straw made his remarks on arrival at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, following a report by the London-based think-tank, the Royal Institute for International Affairs, also known as Chatham House, that linked the London bombings of July 7 to Britain's involvement in the Iraq war.

'I'm astonished that Chatham House is now saying that we should not have stood shoulder to shoulder with our long-standing allies in the United States,' he said.

Frank Gregory, of the University of Southampton and Professor Paul Wilkinson, of the University of St Andrews, said in their report: 'There is no doubt that the situation over Iraq has imposed particular difficulties for the UK, and for the wider coalition against terrorism.'

They added: 'The UK is at particular risk because it is the closest ally of the United States.'

The report concluded that the war in Iraq gave a 'boost' to Al-Qaeda's 'propaganda, recruitment and fund-raising', and made Britain especially vulnerable to suicide attacks.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said there is no link between the US-led war launched in 2003 and the first ever suicide bombs in the UK, in which at least 55 people were killed and some 700 injured. "