Saturday, January 22, 2011

Tony Blair will be reheard by the commission on the war in Iraq

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived Friday at the convention center that houses the London committee of inquiry into British involvement in the war in Iraq in 2003 for his second appearance in a year apart, that s advertisement tense. Lord Goldsmith reportedly told the inquiry they felt "uncomfortable" with the statements made by Tony Blair before the Iraq war in 2003, says the British TV.

Lord Goldsmith, who advised the then government in legal matters, said the commission had informed Tony Blair, January 14, 2003, that Resolution 1441 the Security Council alone could not justify the use of force in Iraq. The next day, Tony Blair might nevertheless argued before members of Parliament that, if a second UN resolution was "preferable" in certain circumstances, it was "not necessary" - especially in the case of use of "unreasonable veto" by a member of the Security Council, says the BBC.

The Iraq invasion has been decided without the Security Council adopts resolution. Mr Blair had also said before the inquiry commission feels "no regrets" for having led Britain into the war. He expressed confidence that the world was now safer after the fall of Saddam Hussein, reports the BBC.

Former Prime Minister should also be questioned about private conversations he had with former U.S. President George W. Bush on Iraq and information obtained on the Iraqi threat. Mr Blair, who had borrowed a back door in January 2010, is entered by this time the main issue by asking a few seconds for photographers, while a score of demonstrators coalition Stop the War ", held at bay , chanted "Bliar", a pun on the surname of the leader of the Labour government from 1997 to 2007 and "liar" (liar).

Chris Nineham, organization Stop the War told the BBC that "the evidence has now been made to Chilcot that Blair lied to the public and Parliament on the legality of the attack in Iraq." "Finally, it was confirmed that the war in Iraq was criminal as well as catastrophic," he said, concluding that "there is no excuse for Blair to escape justice and certainly no argument for that remains emissary of UN peace in the Middle East.

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