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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Blair Faces Iraq War Inquiry


Former British prime minster Tony Blair is due to present evidence to an investigative panel probing the premier's contentious war policies in Iraq.

An independent panel of inquiry is to delve into Blair's controversial decision to follow a US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, dragging a large contingent of UK troops into the Middle Eastern country, in order to overthrow the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on grounds of his alleged Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) threats.

The panel will look into allegations of the premier's fabrication of intelligence intended to magnify Saddam's 'menace' in the region in order to dispatch 45,000 British soldiers to Iraq.'

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