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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday criticized Sen. Barbara Boxer's suggestion that because she doesn't have family in harm's way, she won't pay a personal price in the Iraq war.
"In retrospect, gee, I thought single women had come further than that, that the only question is are you making good decisions because you have kids," Rice said in an interview Friday on Fox News.
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"I spoke the truth at the committee hearing, which is that neither Secretary Rice nor I have family members that will pay the price for this escalation," she said. "My point was to focus attention on our military families who continue to sacrifice because this administration has not developed a political solution to the situation in Iraq."What's interesting is that another story in the news may provide enlightening insight into the issue.
Top police officer says London has been in terrorists' sightsNot to mention this:
Thu Jul 8, 2004
AFP
LONDON - Britain's most senior police officer reiterated that London has been targeted by terrorists, and that "massive resources" are being deployed to head off an attack.
"London has been the target of unsuccessful terrorist attacks and a lot have been disrupted," Sir John Stevens, who is expected to retire later this year as the chief of London's Metropolitan Police, told BBC radio.
"We can't disclose to the people what we are doing covertly and even overtly," he explained.
But he added: "We, and the security services MI5 and MI6, are working incredibly hard, and there are massive resources that we're using (to ensure) that no one breaks through in a successful attack."
Besides day-to-day policing in the greater London area, the Metropolitan Police also takes the lead in investigating terrorist activity throughout Britain.
Stevens revealed last March, in the wake of the Madrid train bombings, that "we have actually stopped terrorist attacks happening in London," but gave no details.
Spies warned of Tube attackDoes anyone else feel like they are being lied to?
David Leppard
The London Times
18 Dec 2005
Spymasters warned Tony Blair before the July 7 suicide bombings that Al-Qaeda (MI5) was planning a "high priority" attack specifically aimed at the London Tube.
A leaked four-page report by the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), which oversees all spying, is the first definitive evidence that the intelligence services expected terrorists to strike at the Underground.
The disclosure will fuel critics' suspicions that Blair decided to rule out a public inquiry into the bombings last week because it could expose intelligence failings at the highest level.
Comment: The full extent of what MI5 knew about the "bombers" includes the "bombers" being MI5 dupes who did not in fact carry out the attacks but who were simply used as the fall-guys. The body of evidence available makes it very clear that the London bombings in July 2005 were the work of MI5 itself. For the details, see Joe Quinn's excellent article: London Bombings - The Facts Speak For Themselves