Bush/Blair Nobel Nomination
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amezriOh. It is true.
Blair and Bush up for Nobel Peace Prize
Tony Blair and George Bush have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for waging war on Saddam Hussein.
The pair have been put forward by a Norwegian politician who said toppling the Iraqi dictator had reduced the threat of weapons of mass destruction.
It had also laid the foundations for a democratic Iraq, said Jan Simonsen of the right-wing Party of Progress.
Anti-war campaigners condemned the move as "completely unbelievable" and said it made a mockery of the prize.
Other nominees for the award include the European Union and the Pope.
The winner will be announced by the five-member Norwegian awards committee on 10 December.
Andrew Burgin, of the Stop the War Coalition, said: "This is completely unbelievable. It shows the stupidity of this peace prize that it is given to people for starting wars rather than stopping them."
Nominations for the award closed on Sunday.
Although the list is secret, those making the nominations often go public with their choices.
Last year's prize was won by Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi, 56, who was the first Muslim woman to be afforded the honour.
She won the $1.4m prize for her work for the rights of women and children in Iran.
Her award aroused huge controversy in Iran where right-wing papers denounced the prize as part of a foreign plot to pressure Tehran.
Ms Ebadi was the first female judge in her country, but was forced to resign following the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
You know that I and the general Chrisitianity thing don't get along, but if they win over the Pope, I will be very, very annoyed.
Blair and Bush up for Nobel Peace Prize
Tony Blair and George Bush have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for waging war on Saddam Hussein.
The pair have been put forward by a Norwegian politician who said toppling the Iraqi dictator had reduced the threat of weapons of mass destruction.
It had also laid the foundations for a democratic Iraq, said Jan Simonsen of the right-wing Party of Progress.
Anti-war campaigners condemned the move as "completely unbelievable" and said it made a mockery of the prize.
Other nominees for the award include the European Union and the Pope.
The winner will be announced by the five-member Norwegian awards committee on 10 December.
Andrew Burgin, of the Stop the War Coalition, said: "This is completely unbelievable. It shows the stupidity of this peace prize that it is given to people for starting wars rather than stopping them."
Nominations for the award closed on Sunday.
Although the list is secret, those making the nominations often go public with their choices.
Last year's prize was won by Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi, 56, who was the first Muslim woman to be afforded the honour.
She won the $1.4m prize for her work for the rights of women and children in Iran.
Her award aroused huge controversy in Iran where right-wing papers denounced the prize as part of a foreign plot to pressure Tehran.
Ms Ebadi was the first female judge in her country, but was forced to resign following the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
You know that I and the general Chrisitianity thing don't get along, but if they win over the Pope, I will be very, very annoyed.
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Date: 2004-02-04 04:53 am (UTC)*feels sick*
-Bree
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Date: 2004-02-04 09:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-04 07:09 am (UTC)Blair and Bush up for the Nobel Peace Prize? Well...if THAT isn't the ultimate irony considering their hostile actions towards Iraq.
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Date: 2004-02-04 09:14 pm (UTC)Really. That's what they said.
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Date: 2004-02-04 07:31 am (UTC)Michael Jackson should have become Catholic instead of Islam. Catholics are allowed to touch little boys. :P
Jen
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Date: 2004-02-04 09:04 pm (UTC)Are write ins allowed? :-P
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Date: 2004-02-04 07:49 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-04 08:33 am (UTC)-Bree
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Date: 2004-02-04 12:49 pm (UTC)[shakes self] I'm sorry, did you say something?
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Date: 2004-02-04 09:13 pm (UTC)Looking it up, the Nobel Prize is given to the person who "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
So, yes. If they win, that really will be the end of the World :-P