John Reid
John Reid
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We should have no illusion as to the severity of the struggle we face against international terror. It will be long, it will wide and it will be deep,
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The oil sands potential up there is absolutely enormous,
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flattered that a number of people have approached him or mentioned to him that he would be a great candidate one day, down the line.
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This is about a threat of the nature that massacred thousands of people in New York,
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This is about 500 fewer than at present, reflecting the closure of two small bases in Basra, the transfer of some training tasks to the Iraqi security forces and structural differences between the two brigades,
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And I have said since around June that I envisage that that process, which will start unequally in different parts of the country, could start within a year.
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This is very welcome news. It shows that last October's action by the IRA was not an isolated event. We are definitely moving in the right direction.
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This is definitely bigger than homecoming, I'd say.
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This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a lot of these kids.
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So the longer this goes, the more pleased the terrorists would be because it gives them the opportunity to intervene with acts of violence and, secondly, because they will claim it is an illustration of the inability of politicians in Iraq to come together.
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Any withdrawal of forces will be based on local conditions, not some immutable timetable, ... This will mean a transition, a process, not a peremptory decision or a one-off event.
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As coaches we took that Maryville game and used it as fuel for the rest of the year,
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This decision will be taken by the British government, at the request of the Iraqi democratically elected representatives,
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The reason Canada has dropped is because Canada is way ahead in doing this.