Britain's Own Guantanamo

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It is inconceivable that Tony Blair, who made great play of incorporating the EU Charter of Human Rights into British law, considers the treatment of the British prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to have been satisfactory. Indeed, in July 2003 he told an angry House of Commons that 'any commission or tribunal that tries these men must be conducted in accordance with proper canons of law so that a fair trial is both taking place and seen to take place'.

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Britain's Own Guantanamo

One of the less worthy reasons cited for going to war in Iraq is that it would increase Britain's influence in the White House. If this was on the Prime Minister's mind when he ordered British troops into combat, he has proved pathetic at exercising his ...

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