Blair is called to account again over war in Iraq

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The Times July 27, 2006

By Frances Gibb, Legal Editor

TONY BLAIR’S lawyers will have to rehearse the detailed reasons for invading Iraq after a dramatic victory by the families of four soldiers killed there.
The Court of Appeal ruled that the families were entitled to seek a judicial review of the Government’s refusal to hold an inquiry into why Britain entered the conflict. There will be a three-day hearing in November when the Prime Minister’s lawyers must rerun the Government’s case for an invasion.

The Liberal Democrat MP Michael Moore said that the judgment “brings us one step closer to what the Government fears and the public expect: a full public inquiry on the war against Iraq”.

But senior officials pointed to the judges’ remarks doubting whether it would be appropriate to order an inquiry. They said that the Government would repeat the arguments made at the time. “We do not see this going very far,” one said.

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link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-2287551,00.html

[Greeby]

1. "The Liberal Democrat MP Michael Moore"

They really should do something about that ;)