[lbo-talk] Suicide bomb

Thiago Oppermann thiago_oppermann at bigpond.com
Sun Jul 20 20:24:01 PDT 2003


On 21/7/2003 1:19 PM, "lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org" <lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org> wrote:


> The WEEK
> ending 20 July 2003
>
> SUICIDE BOMB
>
> Weapons scientist David Kelly's suicide turned the British government's
> 'WMD' problem into a full-blown crisis. The former head of microbiology
> at Britain's Porton Down germ warfare laboratories turned weapons
> inspector David Kelly is an unlikely martyr, but that is what he has
> become. So widespread is the cynicism towards government that Kelly's
> death has drawn accusations that he was driven to it, principally by
> Number Ten's spin-doctor Alasdair Campbell.

It's bad for Blair, that's for sure. But it's also bad for the BBC. It's not clear who is going to end up with the hot potato:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1002344,00.html

btw, what an awful pun

Thiago



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