Iraq war without UN vote
Britain and the US were planning to take action against Saddam Hussein without a second UN resolution five months before the invasion of Iraq, a newly released letter from Tony Blair's office shows. A letter from Blair's private secretary reveals that "we and the US would take action" without a new resolution by the UN security council …
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Army cleared of abuse by inquiry
The judge-led inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa will instead criticise individual soldiers and failings in the chain of command which led to his mistreatment.The 26-year-old hotel receptionist died two days after his arrest in September 2003 in a raid on suspected insurgents by members of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment.A post-morterm examination fou…
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One war criminal amongst many
Former British prime minister Tony Blair’s second appearance last week before the Chilcot inquiry into the lessons of the Iraq war again branded him as a war criminal. Blair was asked to return to the inquiry due to discrepancies between his earlier testimony, the documentary record, and other testimony such as that of his attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, …
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UK pledged troops in 2002
The Americans were told nearly a year before the Iraq invasion that they could expect an "armoured division" from the UK, it has emerged.The revelation is in a secret document published by the UK's Iraq war inquiry. At the time the UK was not officially committed to military action or involved in planning for the invasion.Then chief of the de…
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Blair must face trial
No-one should ever be amazed at the grotesque pretexts dreamed up by Tony Blair to justify the unjustifiable. Blair suggested to the Chilcot inquiry that he had disregarded attorney general Lord Goldsmith's initial legal advice on the planned invasion of Iraq because it was "provisional." However, the then prime minister didn't simply igno…
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Did Blair Lie Over Iraq?
While many are wishing to walk the plank at Chilcot and point the finger of blame over Britain’s actions inside of Iraq, its been noticed that few questions have been asked into the credibility of the evidence, that was initially provided and prompted the 2003 invasion. The main allegations given at the time, seemed to change each day, as every government a…
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Chilcot is a pageant, too late to matter
Did the earth move? Did your coffee cup shake and your corn flakes fly across the room? "Blair misled MPs on Iraq, says Goldsmith", screamed the headline. "PM shut me out of crucial discussions, says Goldsmith". Great heavens, the Chilcot inquiry is back from the realm of the undead, singing its ghostly chorus through Westminster. On Fr…
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