Jack Straw Quotes
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What we are doing, with the United Nations ' full support, is helping that full majority of Iraqis build what we have here -- a democratic, stable, prosperous and peaceful society.
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we not only help those countries in the region which are subject to Iraqi threats and intimidation, we also deprive Saddam of his most powerful tools for keeping the Iraqi people living in fear and subjugation.
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Robin and I had been good friends for nearly 30 years and that friendship survived our policy disagreements over Iraq, ... He was the greatest parliamentarian of his generation and a very fine foreign secretary. I deeply mourn his loss.
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Microsoft technology has transformed business practices and his company has had a profound impact on the British economy.
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Offering to be transparent now is simply saying you are going to be compliant and really accepting you have not been compliant (with IAEA demands) in the past.
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To kidnap and kill anyone is inexcusable. But it is repugnant to commit such a crime against a woman who has spent most of her life working for the good of the people of Iraq,
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Saddam Hussein is not entitled to any presumption of innocence.
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We are awaiting the police assessment of the video.
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Kofi Annan has already been instrumental in pushing forward that debate in the United Nations. I firmly support his efforts. A successful United Nations Summit next week presents the international community with a real opportunity to secure the necessary change.
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These terrorists are the enemies of the Iraqi people themselves.
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We have spoken to the Italian administration at the highest level and they have agreed that these allegations will be fully investigated as part of the wider investigation into police malpractice by the Genoa Public Prosecutor.
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The day will put a particular emphasis on educating people of all ages about the lessons to be learnt from genocide.
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Many people continue to travel despite our warnings against all but essential travel.
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Lack of political progress in solving the linked problems of security, infrastructure and the political process are undermining the consent of the Iraqi people to the coalition presence and providing fertile ground for extremists and terrorists.
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This is yet another example of terrorists' cynical and callous disregard for human life.
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But for the time being and this will run through today and tomorrow and maybe through the weekend.
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Your circumstance is entirely hypothetical, and I'm quite clear it won't arise.
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We're working closely with the Saudi authorities to ensure the people who perpetrated these crimes are brought to justice.
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Our position in terms of paying ransoms has been very clear and consistent. The United Kingdom does not pay ransoms.
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Mr. Wiesenthal has been untiring in his service to the Jewish communities in the U.K. and elsewhere by helping to right at least some of the awful wrongs of the Holocaust, ... If there is one name which symbolizes this vital coming to terms with the past, it is Simon Wiesenthal's.
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The demands they have made could not be met without great damage to jobs and industry, to essential services ... to pensioners and children.
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What we are discussing is what we have to do, the very clear undertakings given by the European Council at a summit last December and again this June, to lead to an opening of negotiations on October 3rd. I will say that I am reasonably hopeful that this deadline can be met.
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I really don't think it would be wise to speculate in an abstract way about the circumstances in which it might be on the agenda.
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Because it was quite dark in that corner I was being pushed towards shaking hands with somebody just as a matter of courtesy and then it transpired it was President Mugabe.