jot-23
15.11.02, 16:25
"India-Pakistan – we made some quite serious mistakes,"
In Afghanistan, he added, Britain "played less than a glorious role over a
century and a half."
"the odd lines for Iraq's borders were drawn by Brits."
"The Balfour declaration and the contradictory assurances which were being
given to Palestinians in private at the same time as they were being given to
the Israelis"
"In Zimbabwe, Straw said, there was a need to redistribute land after the
country gained independence in 1980."
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58703-2002Nov15.html