The Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar has been booted out of power by the Spanish people. Aznar tried to make political gain out of the terrorist bombings which killed at least 201 people, he blamed ETA to stir up the population to support the ruling party. ETA were pushed into the spotlight despite the almost immediate discovery of a stolen van with detonators near a station all the trains had passed through, a van which contained a tape of verses of the Koran in Arabic. The fact that 10 bombs went off simultaneously on commuter trains was a clue that this wasn't ETA who don't generally go in for targeting the public and have rarely used more than two bombs in attacks. There was no warning, ETA always give warnings if a bomb is in a place where civilian casualties are a possibility. Forensic evidence was found as an unexploded bomb was discovered. We had a claim from al Qaeda to an Arab language newspaper in London, then to top it off: a claim of responsibility from al Qaeda was sent in a video message. Still the ruling Spanish Government blamed ETA.

Just like in the UK, most of the Spanish people were opposed to the War on Iraq, Aznar disregarded this anti war sentiment and led Spain into a War at the request of the U$A. Aznar knew that if the public found out that al Qaeda had bombed Spain, that the Spanish people would quickly see the War on Iraq as being to blame. Iraq has seen over 10,000 civilians killed since the War started.

Bring the Boys Back home

Spanish prime minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose Socialist party won Spain's general elections, said he will recall 1,300 peacekeeping troops in Iraq by June 30. He said on Spanish radio that once he puts together his governing coalition and is installed as prime minister "the Spanish troops which are in Iraq will be returning home".

Spains 'Moor Killer' badge.

When Spain first sent its first troops to patrol Iraq, they were wearing on their shoulders the 'Cross of St James of Compostela' - popularly known in Spain as "the Moor Killer". Patches bearing the cross, the symbol of a saint who allegedly guided the medieval Christian fighters of Spain from the Muslims, were worn by a 2,000-strong Spanish brigade in central Iraq, who patrolled the sacred Shia city of Najaf. This small act of arrogance mixed with stupidity did not go un-noticed in the Arab World. Eleven Spanish soldiers and security officials have died in Iraq since joining the coalition forces.

Anzars fate is Blairs future.

Tony Blair has committed UK troops to Iraq for an indefinite period. He has no plans to pull out. He is prepared to sacrifice the British people to back George Bush and the rape of Iraq and Afghanistan and whichever Country in the 'Axis of Evil' that Bush feels needs bombing next into the stone-age. Tony Blair is looking worn out for a good reason, he knows more than you or I that when Al Qaeda do hit the UK, it will leave him exposed politically. Blair has seen Anzars fate unfold, we are looking at Blair's own future. The only question is, how many innocent men women and kids will we have to drag out of smouldering torn bloodied wreckage?

'Everybody wants his son to be killed like a lion.' Anyone standing in the way of Islam 'should always be worried. They should always be on the run. They should always be insecure.' Abu Hamza preaching at the Finsbury Park mosque in North London.


The real danger to the UK is from Blair and his misguided puppets. Here in Kirkby we are expected to supply a good few of our lads to battle it out with Arabs and Muslims because Bush sees 'Evil' that's needs to be dealt with by a 'Crusade'. How many people from Kirkby are ready to be blown up in Liverpool City Centre by suicide bombers for this insane cause? Would we bury our dead and continue to demand Blair sends more lads from Kirkby to Iraq? Kirkby is already having introductory Army courses at Knowsley College. They may well have a memorial garden there at some point in the future if Blair remains in power.

Just remember when we do get hit, that it is a response to the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians. We cannot deny that the UK has killed innocent people. Although none of us reading this have spilt one drop of Iraqi blood, the sad fact of War is that civilians have always been a target. Churchill once sent poison gas raining down on Arabs; today we blow them up 'accidentally' and call it 'collateral damage'. The end result is the same whether its someone slipping a rucksack full of explosives on a train, or some highly trained British Bomber pilot dropping his 'precision laser guided missile' on Baghdad.

Things are going to get worse.

New Labour's Theme Tune 'Things are going to get better' is coming back to haunt them. Things are far from 'better'. Things are going to get a lot worse. It's coming to a point where the people of England are going to have to make a stand, but who, we may ask, can working class people trust, or who can we vote for? New Labour are committed to Bush's ongoing 'War on Terror' madness, The Tories whinge a bit but would not pull our troops out, the Lib Dems also wants troops to remain, for the foreseeable future at least. This may well change.

It will take a few hundred of us being blown to smithereens before we act, political apathy is such that we won't stand until we some of us fall. We'd save a lot of heartache of we marched on parliament now and bought the Country to a standstill. We should bring the troops home and kick New Labour out of power for the way they lied to us all through the build-up and the execution of this brutal attack on Iraq. Some may say that's 'giving into terrorists', but it would actually be the British Government giving in to the British people for once and doing what we want for a change. After all, if Kirkby was occupied, if Liverpool was seeing local kids gunned down and homes bombed, we'd be applauding Scouse suicide bombers.


RIP to all the victims in the Spain bombings, and the Iraqi bombings and Afghanistan and Palestine, the Lebanon and other Countries bombed and terrorised by the West. In Kirkby, even the poorest of us are wealthy compared to our counterparts in Islamic countries. This war is one rooted in poverty and social injustice. Blair would sooner sacrifice you or me to prove his loyalty to Bush and the Lunatic Right Wing Conservatives of America. If Blair wants to fight Terror, he should prove his worth and go over to Iraq himself, show us all how 'committed' he is to the cause. But Blair, like all the New Labour MP's, are cowards who expect the working class to do the dirty work for them. Now, they ask us all to be participants, if not combatants, in a war which has no real end. A War started by the West. A War of Terror against the poor which began long before Sept 11th 2001.

Kirkby Times prediction: New Labours support for the Iraq War and subsequent events both here and abroad, are going to lose them the Next Election. George Howarth may well consider how many of us are going to vote for him once we count the numbers of the dead which his Government has assured us will happen. George Howarth and the rest of New Labour and indeed ALL politicians had better remember that people power in this Country could be there worse nightmare. It won't just be an Al Qaeda bomb which shakes the foundations of this Country, that could well be nothing compared to the might of the British people once we are roused from our collective slumber.