British MP Castigates Blair's 'Double Standards' on Iraq

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British MP Castigates Blair's 'Double Standards' on Iraq

A British parliamentary member criticized Prime Minister Tony Blair Sunday for his implicit support for a United States unilateral military action against Iraq, saying he was implementing "double standards" on the sanction issue.

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Alice Mahon, who returned from a meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Association-Russian Federal Assembly Joint Monitoring Group which discussed in depth the question of Iraq in Australia, said Tony Blair is prepared to turn a blind eye to Israel's violations of the United Nations resolutions on Palestine.

"But he is prepared to contemplate unilateral action by the U.S. when it comes to Iraq," she said adding that "this is double standards."

Blair said in a statement in Australia last Friday that Britain had to act on the assumption that Iraq had "both the capability and intention to use" weapons of mass destruction

She said Britain has influence with Iraq that the U.S. and the west generally do not have and Blair should use this for a favorable resolution to the monitoring issue.

There are strong sentiment against military action on Iraq among the governing Labor's backbenches, she said.

She said there is equal concern that President Bush is determined to invade and we are doing nothing to try and stop him.

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