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A Message from Brian Eno
Author:rich s
Dear Friend,
I am writing to you because like me, you were
concerned by the invasion of Iraq. I hope you don't mind if I contact you about
an ongoing legal case that should worry all of us.
In November last year
it emerged that a confidential memo of a conversation between George Bush and
Tony Blair was leaked to Tony Clarke, an MP who had taken a strong line against
the Iraq war. In the memo the leaders allegedly discussed bombing the Al Jazeera
TV station in Qatar because the American president disliked its coverage of the
Iraq war.
Now the leakers, Leo
O'Connor and David Keogh, face prosecution under the Official Secrets Act. On
January 24th they will appear at a preliminary hearing.
Quite apart from the
civil liberties concerns involved in this prosecution, the memo and the court
case go to the heart of the dysfunctional UK-US relationship. It also seems
strange that the UK Government wants to pursue the case and risk exposing the
dirty linen of its military alliance even further.
It is important to
tell the UK Government's law officers to drop the case. To send an email, please
go to:
www.vote4peace.org.uk.
To be kept in touch
with the case, and for further information, please go to:
www.vote4peace.org.uk.
Thank you for your
help.
Yours Sincerely,
BRIAN ENO
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