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This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.

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Tony Blair
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 6
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Edinburgh
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Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Anthony Blair
Rt. Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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We promise that the events of 1991 will not happen again. We have pledged to remove Saddam. And we will deliver.
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