Tony Blair

...of the Prince of Wales. Sir David Manning, Britain's former ambassador to Washington who acted as a go-between for Tony Blair and George Bush in the run-up to the Iraq war, has also agreed to work with the charity. The Queen personally...

In this article: Prince William, Prince Harry, Fiona Shackleton, The Prince of Wales, Diana, Princess of Wales, David Manning, Iraq War, Sentebale, Royal Navy, and Charity Commission

...lead-up to Iraq war The first full-scale inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war opened with testimony suggesting Washington was gearing up for possible conflict two years before Tony Blair led London to war. More than six years...

In this article: Washington, Iraq War, Iraq, United States, Saddam Hussein, and Gordon Brown

...ballistic missiles, and not that he was seeking regime change. But in a humiliating attack, Sir Christopher said Mr Blair's backing was 'taken for granted' by Washington. Not only did the U.S. 'short-circuit' the work of UN weapons...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, Iraq, Margaret Thatcher, U.S., George Bush, Britain, and Al Qaeda

Inquiry told that Blair combined threats from Saddam and al Qaida ex-British ambassador to Washington tells Iraq war probe former PM linked dangers By Gavin Cordon and Joe Churcher Tony Blair deliberately conflated the threats from...

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...the Lockerbie bomber. The Justice Committee will request information from London and Washington about both governments' understanding of a prisoner-transfer agreement between Libya and the UK signed by Tony Blair. Justice Secretary Kenny...

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...Washington said Thursday. Christopher Meyer, Blair's U.S. envoy from 1997-2003, told a panel investigating the Iraq war that Blair failed to use his influence with Bush to stall the frantic rush to invasion. "We could have achieved more...

In this article: George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Iraq, Anthrax, Al-qaida, United States, Crawford, and Washington

...destruction - as preparations continued. Meyer, ambassador to Washington from 1997 to 2003, described a critical moment in March 2002, as Blair was preparing a visit to George Bush's Texas ranch. New instructions were brought to the...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, Iraq, Washington, Iraq War, UN, and George Bush

Iraq inquiry: deal might have been 'signed in blood' by Blair and Bush in 2002 Tony Blair and George Bush might have "signed in blood" their agreement to topple Saddam Hussein a year before the Iraq war, according to Sir Christopher Meyer,...

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...with President George Bush at his Texas ranch. He also contrasted Mr Blair's handling of the Iraq conflict unfavourably with the way he believed Margaret Thatcher would have dealt with it. "I think she would have insisted on a coherent...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, Iraq War, United Nations Security Council, George Bush, Washington, Osama bin Laden, and Britain