[USF]

Excellent posts all, but there not all is as it seems here.

From the article:

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday it is crucial to address terrorism's underlying causes, which he identified as deprivation, lack of democracy and ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

The AP lied.

Here is their retraction:

LONDON - In a July 9 story about Prime Minister Tony Blair's comments on overcoming global terrorism, The Associated Press erroneously reported that he spoke of easing the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Blair did not specifically mention the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his interview with the British Broadcasting Corp.

As for the poverty thing, Blair has an obsession about poverty... perhaps it's his liberal side. The 9/11 hijackers were not poor and the millions in Africa, China etc that live on a buck or so a day seem to get thru the week without blowing up pizza parlors...

[Fred Nerks]

When did the arabs buy AP?