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| Blair: Surrender Binny or surrender power |
| 2001-10-02 |
BRIGHTON, England - British Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a ringing call Tuesday for action against terror, saying Afghanistan's Taliban regime must ``surrender the terrorists or surrender power.'' ``This is a battle with only one outcome. Our victory, not theirs,'' Blair told his Labor Party. In one of the toughest warnings yet to the Taliban from a Western leader, Blair said there could be no compromise with terrorism and promised Britain would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the United States in the struggle. Blair gave no indication of when military action might start. He said the main target would be bin Laden. But if the Taliban do not surrender the terrorists, he said, action would also aim to ``eliminate their military hardware, cut off their finances, disrupt their supplies, target their troops, not civilians.'' ``I say to the Taliban: Surrender the terrorists or surrender power,'' he said. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |