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Tony Blair today accepted that Saddam Hussein's stockpile of weapons of mass destruction may never be found. Tony Blair today accepted that Saddam Hussein's stockpile of weapons of mass destruction may never be found. A year after the war on Iraq, the Prime Minister told MPs that Saddam's secret stockpile may have been "hidden, removed or destroyed". Asked by the House of Commons Liaison Committee if he would accept or even apologise for going to war for the wrong reasons, Mr Blair said: "It has got rid of Saddam Hussein and he was a tyrant. "I do not believe there was not a threat in relation to weapons of mass destruction. "I have to accept the fact that we have not found them, but we have found very clear evidence of intent and desire. "Whether they were hidden, removed or destroyed, he was in clear breach of UN resolutions." Mr Blair told the committee: "What I have to accept is that I was very, very confident that we would find them. "I was very confident when I spoke to you this time last year that the Iraq Survey Group would find them . "I have to accept that we have not been found them – that we may not find them." But he said it would be wrong to now say that Saddam was not a threat. He would not say it was a mistake to place such great emphasis on WMD in the run–up to the war rather than on regime change. "It is very important not to go to the other extreme and say that because we have not found WMD that he was not a threat," Mr Blair said. "The ISG found he had the strategic capacity and intent and he was in multiple breaches of UN resolutions." Mr Blair insisted that Saddam was a threat to the region and the world. He said: "I genuinely believe that those weapons were there and that is why the international community came together as they did." - More about: - Dictators - Iraq - Iraq War - Saddam Hussein - US Politics
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Priznajući da je angažirao Veliku Britaniju u ratu u Iraku premda je znao da Bagdad nema oružje za masovno uništenje, Tony Blair je u nedjelju pokrenuo polemiku o ratu u Iraku. Tijekom vjerske emisije u nedjelju ujutro na BBC-u, na pitanje bi li angažirao svoju zemlju u tom ratu da je znao da bivši irački diktator Sadam Husien ne raspolaže oružjem za masovno uništenje, Blair je rekao da i dalje misli da ga je trebalo svrgnuti s vlasti. 'Očito smo primijenili o razvili drukčije argumente, kada je riječ o prirodi prijetnje', rekao je bivši premijer. U ožujku 2003. Tony Blair je angažirao svoju zemlju u ratu u Iraku tvrdeći da Sadam Husein raspolaže oružjem za masovno uništenje koje može upotrijebiti u roku od 45 minuta. Nikakvo oružje tog tipa nije pronađeno u Iraku. Anketa izvedena u ožujku 2003. pokazuje da je 74 posto Britanaca poduprlo invaziju, ali samo uz odobrenje UN-a i pod uvjetom da se dokaže postojanje oružja za masovno uništenje. Bez tih uvjeta invaziju bi odobravalo samo 26 posto ispitanih. Blairova izjava je 'najjasnije priznanje da je famozno oružje bilo izgovor', piše Sunday Telegraph. Specijalno povjerenstvo tjednima ispituje razloge koji su doveli do spornog angažmana u Iraku. Tony Blair će iskaz vjerojatno dati u siječnju, rekao je glasnogovornik istraživanja, a povjerenstvo će predati svoje izvješće najranije krajem 2010. Koalicija 'Stop the War' traži 'pokretanje sudskog procesa protiv Tonyja Blaira ako ponovi priznanje za ratne zločine'. Blairove izjave n BBC-ju 'potvrđuju da je prava motivacija napada na Irak bila promjena režima, a ne ono što je Blair rekao Britancima, parlamentu i medijima 2003.', ocijenio je bivši odvjetnik Sadama Huseina Giovanni di Stefano. - Sviđa vam se članak? Preporučite ga prijateljima putem ovih servisa: Pošaljite mailom