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Former British prime minister Tony Blair at a news conference in London on Wednesday, following the damning report by Sir John Chilcot. Blair voiced “sorrow, regret and apology” for those killed in Iraq, but said he acted in good faith and did not regret toppling Saddam Hussein. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images
Chilcot report: Unrepentant Blair defends decision to go to war
  • UK
  • July 7, 2016, 01:00

A defiant Tony Blair defended his decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003, following the publication yesterday of a devastating report by Sir John Chilc(...)

Former British prime minister Tony Blair leaves his office in central London on July 5th, 2016. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas.AFP/Getty Images
Chilcot report delivers devastating critique on Blair and the Iraq war
  • UK
  • July 6, 2016, 13:10

Sir John Chilcot has delivered a devastating critique of Tony Blair’s decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003, with his long-awaited report concluding t(...)