November 24. 2009

Former British PM Tony Blair and incumbent Gordon Brown

A report has been released illustrating the British government was of the belief, the George W. Bush administration, sought to go to war in Iraq, prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11th. The published reports also revealed, Britain labeled the Bush Administration's occupation of Iraq, an illegal one.

Previously, a Dick Cheney speech gave away that fact, he was eyeing Iraq as a nation that could potentially be the world's largest oil producers. With his Halliburton ties, it was a greedy disaster waiting to happen, that cost scores of people their lives, both soldiers and civilians. What a tragedy.

Iraq inquiry: Britain rejected regime change as illegal in 2001

Published: 4:48PM GMT 24 Nov 2009 - British officials discussed toppling Saddam Hussein in 2001 but rejected a policy of “regime change” as illegal under international law, the Iraq war inquiry heard yesterday.

On its opening day of public hearings, Sir John Chilcot’s public inquiry into the invasion heard that British diplomats heard the “drumbeat” of war emanating from Washington even before the September 11 terrorist attacks... 

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