BLAIR AIDE SLAMS 'ILLEGAL' IRAQ WAR.Byline: BOB ROBERTS THE war in Iraq was yesterday condemned as illegal by Tony Blair's former senior adviser on Europe. Sir Stephen Wall said Britain should not have become caught up with America's "unstoppable course of action" which led to the conflict. He told a conference: "We allowed the dire consequences of inaction in·ac·tion n. Lack or absence of action. inaction Noun lack of action; inertia Noun 1. to override the even more dire consequences of parting from the rule of law." His words came as the Prime Minister Tony Blair Noun 1. Tony Blair - British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Blair defended the attack on Fallujah, telling MPs: "A democratic Iraq is the last thing the terrorists want. We have to hold firm." Veteran anti-war campaigner Alice Mahon condemned the attack, saying: "All we'll have left is hatred and rubble." / BRITONS face a "serious and sustained threat" of terror attacks at home and abroad, MI5 chief Eliza Manningham-Buller Dame Elizabeth (Eliza) Lydia Manningham-Buller, DCB (born 14 July, 1948) was Director General (DG) of MI5, the British internal national security agency, from October 2002 until her retirement on 20 April 2007. Her full title is The Hon. Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller. said yesterday. CAPTION(S): SPEAKING OUT: Wall |
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