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Theresa
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 Sun Feb 01, 2004 4:31 pm Bush, Blair Among Peace Prize Nominees |
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| Quote: | OSLO, Norway (Feb. 1) - President George Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the European Union were among known nominees for the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize as the nomination deadline expired Sunday.
The five-member Norwegian awards committee, which keeps the names of candidates secret, accepts nominations postmarked by Feb. 1.
Last year there were a record 165 nominations for the prize, which went to Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi.
Even though the committee keeps the nomination list secret for 50 years, those making the nominations often announce their candidate.
Norwegian lawmaker Jan Simonsen of the right-wing Party of Progress has nominated Bush and Blair several years in a row, including this year.
Simonsen wrote that by removing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, they lessened the chance of a war using weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East and laid the foundation for the development of democracy.
Norwegian experts, including Stein Toennesson, director of the Peace Research Institute-Oslo, last year gave Bush and Blair no chance of winning, mainly because a vast majority of Norwegians, including members of the awards committee, were deeply opposed to the war in Iraq.
Former Labor Party leader Thorbjoern Jagland, also a former Norwegian prime minister, nominated the European Union for ensuring peace and security in Europe.
Others believed to be nominated include Pope John Paul II, the Salvation Army and former Czech President Vaclev Havel.
The committee is appointed by but does not answer to Norway's parliament. It will announce its decision in mid-October.
The Nobel Prizes are always awarded Dec. 10, the anniversary of their creator Alfred Nobel's death. The peace prize is awarded in Oslo, and the other prizes in Stockholm, Sweden.
The prize includes a $1.35 million cash award.
02-01-04 15:49 EST
Copyright 2004 The Associated Press.
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Puck
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| Sun Feb 01, 2004 6:34 pm |
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Even though I am a loyal supporter of Bush, I am not sure if the title fits him now, but i guess it kind of makes since.
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harrykims#1fan
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| Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:09 am |
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I heard about that .....but why Blair bush yes blair no
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Kyre
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| Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:48 am |
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| harrykims#1fan wrote: | | I heard about that .....but why Blair bush yes blair no |
That doesn't make any sense.
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Captain Dappet
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| Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:05 am |
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None of them should have it. Even though they went to war to make peace, or whatever, its still war. And no one should get a Peace Prize if they've started a war, whichever purpose it is.
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Mulder
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| Tue Feb 03, 2004 4:28 am |
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^Yes I agree, no one who started a war ever got the price!
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Dirt
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| Tue Feb 03, 2004 4:34 am |
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It was a preventive war, but until no WMDs are found I don't think they earn it.
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Mulder
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| Tue Feb 03, 2004 4:37 am |
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^riiiiiight I don't think that's the right word for it...
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Dirt
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| Tue Feb 03, 2004 5:51 am |
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And you are now going to enlight me on the secret hidden meaning behind this war which ofcourse is world domination, right  ? Nah, please tell me your thoughts.
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IntrepedII
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| Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:36 pm |
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removing sadam was a good thing, but they should have done that 10 years ago during the first gulf war, lol or maybe the cia would have done better not supporting Sadam earlier ....aaaah the irony, anyways sadam's gone so thats good but now they have other problems in irak of course.. i just hope irak doest turn out to be a second afghanistan.
about the whole WMD debat, that was obliously a lie to start the war, and now it bites back with avengence, US and GB should just have informed nato, "guys were gonna bring down sadam, he's obviously a dictator and we cant allow that"--> bit simple i know but thats what it basicly comes down to.
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T. Dean
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| Sat Feb 07, 2004 1:27 am |
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Whether or not you believe that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are going to lead to peace, war is war and war is the opposite of peace.
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Seven of Nine
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| Sat Feb 07, 2004 9:23 am |
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WHAT???!!!
Peace prizes are for those who end wars, not start them.
Even if it was a preventative war, they still went out to end lives.
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Jeff Miller
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| Sat Feb 07, 2004 9:46 am |
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Hell if bush is nominated for that I should be nominated for richest man of the year $$$
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Theresa
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| Sat Feb 07, 2004 10:40 am |
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^Again, thin line, Jeff.
Maybe if you guys looked up some of the previous peace prize winners...
http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/peace.html
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Pah-Wraith
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| Sun Feb 08, 2004 12:49 pm |
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I think it's a Joke that the Peace Prize Nominees used to go to people like "Martin Luther King jr" and "Mahatma Ghandi" and now it's going to people like "George Bush" and "Tony B-Liar" (Purposely spelt that way). 
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LightningBoy
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| Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:11 pm |
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War is Peace. Peace is War.
When you go beneath the true meaning of the term, it is always peace to destroy evil.
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