Abe stakes premiership on terror law

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Source: Financial Times

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s struggling prime minister, on Sunday gambled his premiership on the extension of a special anti-terrorism law, saying he would quit if parliament refused to renew it.

The opposition Democratic Party of Japan, which controls the upper house after July’s defeat of the Liberal Democratic Party, has threatened to veto the renewal of the legislation, which expires on November 1.

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The law allows Japan to refuel allied ships in the Indian Ocean for operations relating to Afghanistan.

At the weekend, President George W. Bush urged Mr Abe to steer the legislation through, describing Japanese help in the Indian Ocean as “absolutely essential”.



Read more: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/11b32d44-5f00-11dc-837c-0000779fd2ac.html

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Yeah, come on. Anyone else wants to join the caravan of war?

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1. Georgieboy is the Typhoid Mary of international politics.

The career of every foreign politician he touches with his "war on terra" BS catches a terminal cold. If I were leader of any country, I'd refuse to return his phonecalls.

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2. And I'd never accept one of his sandwiches...

...indeed Mrs Cecilia Sarkozy didn't either...