posted on April 3, 2004 03:04:47 PM newBlair faces new pressure over Iraq intelligence
LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair came under fresh pressure over the way he took Britain to war on Iraq (news - web sites), after US Secretary of State Colin Powell acknowledged key intelligence no longer appeared "solid".
Powell's comments Friday referred to pre-war information he gave the United Nations on Iraq's mobile biological weapons laboratories to justify the military campaign last year led by the United States and staunchly backed by Blair.
Powell's remarks prompted calls from British critics of the war for Blair's government to explain whether claims it had made about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs in pre-war debate were also from the same source.
The failure to find such weapons in Iraq following the country's occupation has proved an embarrassment for both Washington and London.
posted on April 4, 2004 04:11:22 AM new
The cat may be out of the bag, but the bag is still in the old lady's bosom.
And the media can tweet about it all they want, but there's at least 50% of the population that will continue to believe it was the right thing the do.
posted on April 4, 2004 08:06:59 AM new
It does amaze me that 50% of American people still believe the lies and manipulation that led to this unjustified war, not against terrorism but against Saddam. It appears that the people of Spain and England are not so gullible. I am hoping that this 50% do not represent the voting public.
