[lbo-talk] Direland: Straw fired over Iran?

[Doug Henwood]

New from DIRELAND, May 5
DID TONY BLAIR FIRE JACK STRAW OVER IRAN?
In the wake of this week's disastrous British local elections -- which
saw "New Labour" get creamed and the extreme right on the rise -- Tony
Blair reshuffled his cabinet. But was Foreign Minister Jack Straw made
to walk the plank for his public opposition to a military attack on
Iran, which he called "completely nuts? Smart Brits think so. And a
new report by a prominent Blairite think-tank refutes Blair's position
and says military threats and a military attack on Iran
will "backfire.' For all the details,
click on:
<http://direland.typepad.com/direland/2006/05/did_tony_blair_.html>http://direland.typepad.com/direland/2006/05/did_tony_blair_.html