- Most Americans are blissfully in the dark about it, but
across the Atlantic in the UK, a commission reluctantly established by
Prime Minister Gordon Brown under pressure from anti-war activists in Britain
is beginning hearings into the actions and statements of British leaders
that led to the country's joining the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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- Even before testimony began in hearings that started
yesterday, news began to leak out from documents obtained by the commission
that the government of former PM Tony Blair had lied to Parliament and
the public about the country's involvement in war planning.
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- Britain's Telegraph newspaper over the weekend published
documents from British military leaders, including a memo from British
special forces head Maj. Gen. Graeme Lamb, saying that he had been instructed
to begin "working the war up since early 2002."
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- This means that Blair, who in July 2002, had assured
members of a House of Commons committee that there were "no preparations
to invade Iraq," was lying.
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- Things are likely to heat up when the commission begins
hearing testimony. It has the power, and intends to compel testimony from
top government officials, including Blair himself.
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- While some American newspapers, including the Philadelphia
Inquirer, have run an Associated Press report on the new disclosures and
on the commission, key news organizations, including the New York Times,
have not...
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