Chilcot to 'heavily criticise' Tony Blair over Iraq war
Failing to keep cabinet ministers fully informed of Blair's plans in the run-up to the invasion in March 2003. The committee is understood to have been impressed by the criticism voiced by Lord Butler of Brockwell, the former cabinet secretary, that Blair ran a sofa government. Failing to make proper preparations for the post-war reconstruction of Iraq. Failing to present intelligence in a proper
Tony Blair dug his own hole at the Chilcot inquiry | Chris Ames
Tony Blair came to the Iraq inquiry with last year's game plan. Answer questions on his terms. Talk about the big picture, keep it subjective and off the specifics. He may think he did this well. Until he put his foot in his mouth. We should remember that the panel did not need to pin Blair down on anything. It has the evidence and can draw its own conclusions. Blair had a "final opportunity" to a
Tony Blair 'regrets' Iraq dead in Chilcot grilling
Mr Blair has said he 'regretted deeply and profoundly the loss of life' in Iraq Tony Blair has said he "regrets deeply and profoundly the loss of life" during and after the 2003 Iraq war. The ex-PM said his refusal to express regret for the decisions that led to war at his first appearance before the committee had been misinterpreted. But his words were met with cries of "too late" from the public
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Tony Blair at Chilcot Iraq inquiry – live
• Blair suggests west should be willing to attack Iran • Denies offering George Bush blank cheque over Iraq • Says Islamism is more powerful than people realise • Said in 2002 Iraq WMD threat not getting worse • Second resolution admission would have been 'catastrophe' • Regrets loss of life 'deeply and profoundly' • Read more: Blair regarded attorney's advice as 'provisional' • More: Blair wanted
Tony Blair had way out of Iraq invasion, Chilcot inquiry told
Tony Blair was offered a way out of attacking Iraq at a secret meeting with his foreign secretary Jack Straw eight days before the invasion, according to documents lodged with the Chilcot inquiry, which tomorrow will question the former prime minister for a second time. An anonymous official told the inquiry: "I recall a meeting with the prime minister where the foreign secretary [Straw] made the
Iraq inquiry: Former UN inspector Blix says war illegal
The UN's former chief weapons inspector Hans Blix has said it is his "firm view" that the Iraq war was illegal. Dr Blix told the Iraq inquiry the UK had sought to go down the "UN route" to deal with Saddam Hussein but failed. Ex-Attorney General Lord Goldsmith, who advised the war was lawful on the basis of existing UN resolutions, "wriggled about" in his arguments, he suggested. Dr Blix said his
Iraq inquiry: Ex MI5 chief pulls no punches
Baroness Manningham-Buller says she saw no link between 9/11 and Saddam Hussein's Iraq The car carrying Baroness Manningham-Buller glided into the underground parking garage at the QEII Centre shortly before 10am on Tuesday. It was no surprise that the former head of MI5 preferred to avoid the photographers and TV camera crews waiting for her outside the front entrance. Significantly though, Eliza
Eliza Manningham-Buller at the Iraq inquiry - live
9.06am: This morning's Iraq inquiry hearing should be fascinating. We're going to hear from Eliza Manningham-Buller - now Lady Manningham-Buller - who was head of MI5 at the time of the Iraq war. Sir Richard Dearlove, who was head of MI6 at the time, is one of the 35 witnesses who have given evidence to the inquiry in private. But Manningham-Buller will be speaking in public, on-the-record, for 90
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