Iraq's missing weapons: an inquiry is forced upon Blair

[kskiska]

Tony Blair will today embark on a major u-turn when he bows to intense pressure and agrees to set up an inquiry to establish why Iraq appears to be devoid of weapons of mass destruction.

To the delight of anti-war MPs, who were told by the prime minister last year that they would have to "eat their words" when banned weapons were uncovered, Mr Blair will announce that a cross-party committee of privy counsellors will examine whether there were intelligence failings. In a sign of ministerial nerves, Downing Street has turned to the ultimate Whitehall insider to take charge of the inquiry.

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Mr Blair, who was caught on the hop after the White House only revealed its investigation on Sunday, will attempt to put on a brave face this morning by declaring it is right to respond to people's questions about why no banned weapons have been uncovered in Iraq. But he will insist that the Iraq Survey Group, which is still scouring the country for the weapons, would continue with its work.

His official spokesman set out his thinking yesterday when he said: "The prime minister believes that the war was justified and remains justified." However, he conceded it was "a fact of life whether we like it or not" that questions were being asked about why no WMD have been uncovered by the survey group.

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http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1137611,00.html

[pink_poodle]

1. A whitewash worked for him before so this one should be..........

no problem either.

[dbt]

2. Poodle Kick!

Just because Mr. Blair hitched his wagon to a "deeply stupid little oil-spiv."

:evilgrin:
dbt