Blair explored Iraq military options in June 2002

Blair explored Iraq military options in June 2002 Alex Barker, Political CorrespondentPublished: November 30 2009 16:32 | Last updated: November 30 2009 16:32

Iraq inquiry: Tony Blair asked for war plans to be prepared in June 2002

Tony Blair asked for war plans to be secretly drawn up in June 2002, almost a year before the invasion of Iraq, his former foreign policy adviser Sir David Manning has told the Iraq Inquiry. Sir David said the former prime minister asked defence chiefs

Secret letter reveals Blair knew Iraq invasion was illegal

London, Nov. 30 : A secret letter sent by former British Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, to Tony Blair could prove that the former prime minister lied about the Iraq War being legal. Eight months before the Iraq invasion, Lord Goldsmith - in a memo -

Manning memo next on agenda at Iraqi inquiry

The man responsible for producing a memo which documented how US president George Bush was willing to go war in Iraq regardless of whether a second UN resolution was secured is due to appear before the inquiry into the conflict today. Sir David Manning,

The Defense Logistics Agency Helps With the Drawdown of Equipment in Iraq

FORT BELVOIR, Va., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Army Col. Mike Bird is about to move a mountain. And he won't be doing it alone. Bird, the commander of Defense Logistics Agency -- Central Command will have help from members of his own team, a DLA

30-Nov-09 - Anti-Christian Attacks in Iraq Part of Brutal Strategy, Says Archbishop

(CNA).- Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa of Mosul said last week that last Thursdyas anti-Christian attacks in Iraq which destroyed a church and damaged a convent show that there is a strategy to erase our cultural heritage and more than 2000 years of

Bush ‘talked of link between Saddam and Al Qaeda within three days of 9/11′

George Bush raised the issue of Iraq with Tony Blair just three days after the 9/11 attacks, Mr Blair's former foreign policy adviser said today. Sir David Manning told the official inquiry into the war that Mr Bush told Mr Blair that there could be a

Mysterious Saddam Hussein channel hits Iraq TV

London, Nov.30 : Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is the star of a mysterious channel on satellite TV in Iraq that began broadcasting on the Islamic calendar's anniversary of his 2006 execution.

Bush 'raised Iraq issue after 9/11'

George Bush raised the issue of Iraq with Tony Blair just three days after the 9/11 attacks, Mr Blair's former foreign policy adviser has said.Sir David Manning told the official inquiry into the war ...

Mystery TV channel keeps memory of Saddam alive

Shrink BAGHDAD - Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their past: Saddam Hussein. The late Iraqi dictator is lauded on a my...

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