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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 16. Juli 2004 / Time Line July 16, 2004
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07/16/2004
Tony Blair's New Labour loses seats over Iraq war
In Leicester South, Parmjit Singh Gill became the first Lib Dem MP
from an ethnic minority in a 21% swing from Labour.
In his victory speech, Mr Gill said the people had spoken for
Britain and "the message is that the prime minister has abused and
lost their trust" over Iraq.
Labour just held Birmingham Hodge Hill by 460 votes ahead of the
Lib Dems.
In a turnout of 36%, the Conservatives slipped to third and
Labour's victorious Liam Byrne said: "This is a disaster for
Michael Howard.", writes BBC.
07/16/2004
Congress's Inquiry Into Abuse of Iraqi Prisoners Bogs
Down
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/16/politics/16abus.html?th
By Eric Schmitt
The Congressional investigation into the abuse of Iraqi detainees
at Abu Ghraib prison has virtually ground to halt, as a senior
Senate Republican said Thursday that no new hearings would be held
on the matter until this fall at the earliest.
The Republican-controlled House Armed Services Committee made it
clear weeks ago that it believed that the several current military
investigations of the scandal were sufficient, and that summoning
commanders to Washington would only hinder American operations in
Iraq.
That left the issue to the Senate Armed Services Committee, whose
chairman, Senator John W. Warner, a Virginia Republican, has held a
series of hearings, but none since May 19. On Thursday, Mr. Warner
said he would hold off calling any more witnesses until several
criminal prosecutions and seven pending Pentagon inquiries were
completed.
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