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Bill Sykes' Newsletter
from America.
(August 2003)
An ex-Brit gives his views-(without fear
or favor)---of the American Scene
Breaking News.
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Dateline: Saturday 19th July. London.
It was reported today that the body of 59 years old
Dr David Kelly, a prominent British Government official,
had been discovered in a woodland area at Harrowdown
Hill near Farringdon. in Oxfordshire, within a few
miles of his home.
A senior Police Officer, Superintendent David Purnell,
stated that a post-mortem had revealed that the cause
of death was haemorrhaging from a wound to his left
wrist.
Doctor Kelly had spent six years as a scientific weapons
inspector in Iraq and was the subject of an enquiry
by a British Government select committee into whether
he was the source of a report, (obtained by the BBC),
which indicated that a Government official, said to
be Downing Street Communications Director Alistair
Campbell, had "sexed up" a dossier in order
to create a case for war against Iraq.
Doctor Kelly had been subjected to severe stress by
a somewhat brutal and aggressive interrogation by
a Parliamentary select committee, which from the video
I viewed, was worthy of the McCarthy era.
Prime Minister Blair on his return from Asia is sure
to face a barrage of angry questions from Members
of Parliament , which will certainly place a damper
on the tumultuous reception that he received from
the members of the joint house of the American Congress.
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Dateline: Tuesday 23rd of July. Mosul, Iraq.
It has been reported by several media sources that
the two sons of Saddam Hussein, (39 year old Uday
and 37 year old Qusay), have been killed by American
Forces in a particular heavy fire fight. Photographs
purporting to be the bodies of these two people are
being shown on American television. The American administration
are promoting the idea that the Iraqi people will
be so relieved that the reign of terror is now over
that attacks against American Forces will diminish.
This lack of understanding of the Arab mentality may
come back to haunt them.
Comment: I may be totally wrong but my crystal ball
suggests that existing Baath party members may react
in an entirely opposite manner to the sentiment expressed
by the American Government, and it is entirely possible
that killing of American Forces in Iraq will escalate
and terrorist acts against Americans will increase.
One must remember that Saddam Hussein is still believed
to be alive.
We welcome feedback about any of the contents
of these newsletters. Please send all correspondence to
bill_sykes@huddersfield1.co.uk
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