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Tony Blair donates book cash to injured soldier

bbc.co.uk — Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to donate the £4.6m advance and all royalties from his memoirs to a sports centre... Aug 16, 2010

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loopholesAug 16, 2010Buried

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Way to keep the summary unbiased.

mrhawkinsAug 16, 2010Buried

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I wish there was a way to bury the submitter and not the article.

davidtcAug 16, 2010Buried

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Hey Bush, you got a book coming out soon too don't you?

mickman17Aug 17, 2010Buried

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"Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to donate the £4.6m advance and all royalties from his memoirs to a sports centre for badly injured soldiers."
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Fixed.

sauron256Aug 17, 2010Buried

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As much as I agree that the Iraq war was a bad mistake... buried for the description.

keithlolbermannAug 17, 2010Buried

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Yup. Buried.

keithlolbermannAug 17, 2010Buried

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Actually, it is untruthful to say Blair lied. US, UK, French, German, and Israeli intelligence (and others, to be sure) all were in agreement that Saddam STILL had WMD at the time of the invasion.

funklorAug 16, 2010Buried

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People who use the description box to editorialize should be Kelly'd -- which is open to interpretation.

krazygamerheadAug 16, 2010Buried

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20 diggs and it hit front page? WTF digg

wrath017Aug 17, 2010Buried

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http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/memos.html

Here you go. Bone up on your history also.

brunfistAug 16, 2010Buried

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I want to bury this for a biased summary but at the same time I feel compelled to digg it for the touching story.

smokeydabearAug 17, 2010Buried

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Hey Great Britain, you don't have to suck Tony Blair's dick because he's donated the money, you don't have to do s**t to him, but at least acknowledge that it will go toward helping people who really could use the funding – regardless of how you feel about the man. Sure it doesn't change what he, or Bush did, but it's a good thing for the troops.

norman619Aug 17, 2010Buried

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Please explain to us how since it is common knowledge now that Sadam actually wanted the world to think he had WMD's as a way of keeping Iran at bay. It worked a little too well as it turned out. Given how much of a monster he and his sons were and how they terrorized the Iraqi people I'm not sure how anyone could say taking him out was a bad thing.

fsmzeppelin58Aug 16, 2010Buried

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To correct the title, it is for injured /soldiers/, not just one. Also, how is it on the frontpage with only 18 diggs? Not that I am complaining, this is a very good hearted deed. Of course it is most likely a PR stunt, but it's good to see that he at least acknowledges that he owes something.

krandenAug 16, 2010Buried

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Screw this I'd want to read some of Dick Cheney's stories instead.

So this one time I went hunting.....

BAM shot that f**ker in the face, hilarious!

jaschwanAug 17, 2010Buried

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Hard to put a price on the people that died.

johnlavisAug 17, 2010Buried

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Tony Blair should be locked up with the rest of the war criminals of the world.

jman5Aug 17, 2010Buried

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Afternoon tea and a lively discussion about current events?

sinurgyAug 17, 2010Buried

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This is Digg, pandering reigns supreme here.

beson669Aug 17, 2010Buried

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f**k you enterence. If you are going to go on a soap box on a summary at least have the decency to use proper grammar (PROTIP: you can't string together convoluted thoughts just by placing ellipses between them)

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