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A8 WORLD NEWS
Saturday 27 May 2017

UK Labour leader links terror to wars as campaign resumes

By GREGORY KATZ Blair’s popularity faded
ROB HARRIS badly after a string of elec-
Associated Press tion victories.
LONDON (AP) — Four days When home-grown terror-
after a suicide bombing ists attacked London sub-
plunged Britain into mourn- way and bus lines in 2005,
ing, political campaigning some blamed Britain’s in-
for a general election in volvement in the Iraq war.
two weeks resumed Friday Corbyn’s speech reflects
with the main opposition the view that Britain’s ac-
leader linking acts of ter- tions overseas are at least
rorism at home to foreign in part responsible for the
wars like the one in Libya. increase in extremist at-
Labour Party leader Jer- tacks.
emy Corbyn risked being The Labour Party under
assailed for politicizing the Corbyn has consistently
Manchester Arena at- trailed Prime Minister The-
tack that killed 22 people resa May’s Conservatives
by claiming that his party in the polls, but has begun
would change Britain’s for- to make gains in the last
eign policy if it takes power week.
after the June 8 vote by It is unclear how the worst
abandoning the “war on attack in Britain in more
terror.” Britain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech during a General Election cam- than a decade will impact
“Many experts, including paign event in central London Friday May 26, 2017. Britain with hold a general election on June 8. voter sentiment.
( Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)
professionals in our intel- Grande, meanwhile, said
ligence and security ser- strong links to Libya. His par- May said that while she ate some voters with his that she would return to
vices, have pointed to ents were born and lived was at the summit rallying comments, he is trying to Manchester for a benefit
the connections between there before moving to Brit- support for the fight against win back the many Labour concert to raise money for
wars our government has ain in the early 1990s. terrorism, “Jeremy Corbyn supporters who turned the victims and their fami-
supported or fought in They eventually returned has said that terror attacks away from the party in the lies.
other countries, such as with several of their six chil- in Britain are our own fault, aftermath of then Prime The American singer didn’t
Libya, and terrorism here at dren, and Abedi traveled and he has said that just a Minister Tony Blair’s deci- announce a date for the
home,” Corbyn said in his there to visit his family on few days after one of the sion to join the U.S.-led inva- concert.
first speech since Monday occasion. worst terror attacks” in the sion of Iraq in 2003. “Our response to this vio-
night’s atrocity. Prime Minister Theresa May, country’s history. Blair’s backing of President lence must be to come
National campaigning who was attending a sum- “There can never, ever, George W. Bush brought closer together, to help
had been on hold to honor mit of the Group of Seven be an excuse for terror- more than 1 million pro- each other, to love more,
the victims of the arena in Sicily, offered a blistering ism,” she said, adding “the testers into the streets. to sing louder and to live
bombing. critique of Corbyn’s posi- choice people face at the When the rationale for war more kindly and gener-
Salman Abedi, the bomb- tion when she was asked general election has be- failed to pan out because ously than we did before,”
er who struck the Ariana about it at a news confer- come starker.” weapons of mass destruc- Grande said in a state-
Grande concert, had ence. While Corbyn could alien- tion were not found in Iraq, ment .q
Mayor of Moldova capital arrested, sparking political fight

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) company EME Parkleitsys- The 38-year-old mayor is ment without a major- The anti-corruption cen-
— The mayor of Moldo- tem GmbH. Chirtoaca, also deputy chairman of ity in parliament. He called ter alleges that a public
va’s capital was put under who is under house arrest the Liberal Party and his Chirtoaca’s arrest a politi- transport official set up an
house arrest Friday on suspi- for 30 days, has not com- party said Friday evening cal move, saying there was offshore contract in Cyprus
cion of influence trafficking mented on the charge. that it was pulling out of the insufficient proof to detain and then became a share-
in a city parking contract, The anti-corruption cen- ruling coalition in the for- him. holder in EME Parkleitsys-
sparking a conflict within ter said the company won mer Soviet republic over his Chirtoaca has been mayor tem, owning a 26 percent
the country’s pro-Europe contracts due to “con- arrest. since 2007 and supports stake that was split be-
governing coalition. certed actions” from city Party leader Mihai Ghimpu the small country’s reuni- tween the official and the
The National Anti-Corrup- hall officials. Chirtoaca sus- said the party’s three Cabi- fication with neighboring mayor.
tion Center alleged Chi- pended the contract with net ministers and one dep- Romania. He has recently Seven other officials re-
sinau Mayor Dorin Chirto- the company this month. uty prime minister would taken a stand against gov- cently were detained in the
aca told his deputy to sign The company has not com- resign Saturday, which ernment plans to modify case, including the city’s
a contract with Austrian mented. would leave the govern- the electoral system. two deputy mayors.q