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Nobel committee asked to strip O of peace prize

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Nobel committee asked to strip O of peace prize Empty Nobel committee asked to strip O of peace prize

Post by Keli Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:00 pm

The Bolivian President and a Russian political leader have launched a campaign to revoke Obama's honour after the US attacked Libya.
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia leader and Vice-Chairman of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky released a statement today calling for the Nobel Prize Committee to take back the honour bestowed on US President Barack Obama in 2009.
Zhirinovsky said the attacks were "another outrageous act of aggression by NATO forces and, in particular, the United States," and that the attacks demonstrated a "colonial policy" with "one goal: to establish control over Libyan oil and the Libyan regime." He said the prize was now hypocritical as a result.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/304909#ixzz1HLfPoNfU


WAIT A MINUTE! The nomination deadline was February 1, 2009. That means he was given the prize for two weeks of peace prize-worthiness--not two years worth!
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