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Wrecked Iraq a symbol of stupidity
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 11/07/2016
» "Suppose that... the Iraqis feel ambivalent about being invaded and real Iraqis, not (just) Saddam's special guard, decide to offer resistance," wrote British prime minister Tony Blair to US president George W Bush in December 2001, two years before the US and the UK invaded Iraq. At least Mr Blair had some doubts, but neither man could really imagine that the Iraqis would see them as conquerors, not liberators.
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Iraq war decision justified: Australia's Howard
AFP, Published on 07/07/2016
» SYDNEY - Former Australian leader John Howard Thursday defended his decision to go to war with Iraq alongside the United States and Britain, saying it was justified at the time and there was "no lie".
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UK report slams Iraq war; Blair says he acted in good faith
Published on 07/07/2016
» LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair led Britain into an unsuccessful war in Iraq through a mix of flawed intelligence, "wholly inadequate" planning and an exaggerated sense of the UK's ability to influence the United States, according to a damning official report on the conflict that was published on Wednesday.
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Rage against Blair as families mourn Iraq war dead
AFP, Published on 06/07/2016
» LONDON - As protesters outside bayed for Tony Blair's prosecution, inside the building where John Chilcot delivered his damming Iraq War Inquiry report the father of a dead serviceman delivered his own verdict: "My son died in vain".
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Blair in spotlight as UK Iraq inquiry gives verdict
AFP, Published on 06/07/2016
» LONDON - The official inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war finally reports on Wednesday, seven years after it launched, with former prime minister Tony Blair expected to face severe criticism.
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What's at stake in Britain's Iraq war inquiry
AFP, Published on 06/07/2016
» LONDON - The Chilcot inquiry report on Britain's role in the Iraq war could still have significant fallout when it is published Wednesday -- even though it is seven years after the probe was launched.
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Blair concedes link between Iraq invasion and Islamic State rise
AFP, Published on 25/10/2015
» LONDON - Britain's ex-leader Tony Blair again apologised Sunday for certain aspects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, adding there were "elements of truth" to the view it was connected to the rise of the Islamic State group.
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Thailand should steadfastly reject 'the China model'
News, Songkran Grachangnetara, Published on 25/02/2015
» Thailand is now becoming increasingly isolated by the West. We have effectively been subjected to a "democracy downgrade", which has pushed us ever closer into the sinister embrace of Asia's only superpower, China. Thailand continues to do what we do best, play one side off against the other. But recent overtures to China by the junta and the unrestrained lauding of what is termed "the China model" as a suitable system of government for Thailand, have made me sick to my stomach.
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Postbag: No simple answers
News, Published on 13/11/2014
» Burin Kantabutra exclaims, “Bring on a referendum”, (PostBag, Nov 12) when referring to the draft constitution.
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