Critics are certain that Tony Blair took Britain into an illegal war at the behest of George W. Bush; as certain as the former prime minister once was that Saddam was concealing WMD, writes Philip Stephens
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FT on 25th Jan 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
George W Bush, the former US president, has launched his memoirs and given a series of interviews, which provide fascinating insights into his views on foreign powers, among them Saddam Hussein's Iraq and Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister.
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Telegraph on 9th Nov 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Tony Blair had told the Chilcot Inquiry that he had always made clear to US president George Bush that he would be ''up for'' regime change in Iraq if it was the only way of dealing with Saddam Hussein.
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Telegraph on 21st Jan 2011 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Tony Blair and George Bush might have "signed in blood" their agreement to topple Saddam Hussein a year before the war, Sir Christopher Meyer has told the Iraq inquiry.
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Telegraph on 26th Nov 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
GEORGE Bush warned Tony Blair the United States was going ahead with the invasion of Iraq "come what may", evidence heard at the official inquiry into the conflict has
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Scotsman on 9th Feb 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
John Stewart grilled former British Prime Minister Tony Blair last night on the Daily Show. Blair often looked uncomfortable as the host pressed him on the Iraq war and his relationship with U.S. President George W. Bush, but overall he held his ground. Here's part one: And here's part two:
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Tony Blair's private letters to George Bush on Iraq were considered so sensitive they were expunged from the official Whitehall record, it has emerged.
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Scotsman on 20th Jan 2011 (via news.scotsman.com)
Private letters between Tony Blair and President George W Bush ahead of the war in Iraq were kept so secret that they did not officially exist.
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Telegraph on 19th Jan 2011 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Since he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by George W Bush more than five years ago for being a "staunch and steadfast ally" during the Iraq war Tony Blair has failed to collect the gong.
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Telegraph on 3rd Jan 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Tony Blair wrote private letters to George Bush in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq, making clear that Britain "would definitely" be with the US should it need to take military action against Iraq, it has emerged
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Former British prime minister Tony Blair believes it was right to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power even though no weapons of mass destruction were ever found
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FT on 12th Dec 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
