2 March 2010
Britain's Ministry of Defence is considering setting up a special dedicated team to investigate all cases of alleged abuse of Iraqi civilians by UK troops but insists the move is "not an admission of fault."
"The uncertainty created by these allegations risks undermining unfairly their reputation and achievements, and we owe to them, and to the claimants, that these allegations are properly investigated," Armed Forces Minister Bill Rammell said. >>>>>
Anti-war soldier faces jail as Brown gets off
2 March 2010
A war criminal and an anti-war soldier both faced questioning this Friday. One will get off with no repercussions - the other could be sent to prison for two years.
Gordon Brown has tried to keep his distance from the Iraq war, hoping that the legacy of mass murder will be left with Tony Blair. But Brown's hands are far from clean.
He wrote the cheques for the war, funding the destruction that rained down on Iraq.
And in the run up to the war Brown was "absolutely core" in shoring up support amongst backbenchers, insists Sally Morgan, one of Blair's key aides. >>>>>
Political mushroom
When Gordon Brown goes before Sir John Chilcot's inquiry into the Iraq war on Friday, will he emerge as a political mushroom or as a plotter? Some observers believe that may be the unenviable choice facing him. The Chilcot team is slowly but relentlessly establishing that former prime minister Tony Blair got his way on going to war in Iraq by the expedient of keeping the cabinet in the dark. >>>>>
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