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I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists or surrender power. It's your choice.

Tony Blair

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Tony Blair
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 6
Autobiographer
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Anthony Blair
Rt. Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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No one is to blame for the breakdown in trust between politics, media and the public.
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They could have been removed. They could have been hidden. They could have been destroyed.
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