British leader defends war amid sinking ratings
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Prime Minister Tony Blair, skirting a direct apology, acknowledged to his Labor Party Tuesday that intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq was wrong, but insisted
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has defended himself against criticism of a decision to stop a probe into a British weapons deal with Saudi Arabia, saying he was promoting national strategic interests.
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Tony Blair and George Bush are &quot;clinging to straws&quot; to justify the war in Iraq, Hans Blix has said. The former UN chief arms inspector was writing in the Independent on Sunday following the release of the Iraq Survey Group&#39;s report on Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended Monday the withdrawal of troops from Basra city in Iraq, but the move will do little to ease mounting signs of tension between London and Washington.
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The Government is under renewed fire after claims Prime Minister Tony Blair was warned before the war in Iraq of the scale of the task that would face British and other coalition troops after Saddam Hussein was toppled.
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BRIGHTON (England) - Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday defended the war in Iraq, insisting he could not apologise for toppling Saddam Hussein, and urged his party to unite and fight for a historic third term in power.
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Foreign Secretary David Miliband has insisted that "deep concerns" about mistakes in Iraq and Afghanistan should not stop Britain from championing democracy around the world.
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Britain's support for the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq has put the public at greater risk of terrorist attacks, the main opposition Conservative party leader David Cameron said Monday - opening a division on ...Comment
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BRIGHTON, England -- With the war in Iraq dividing his government and eroding trust in his leadership, Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday conceded at the Labor Party conference that intelligence used to justify sending troops proved wrong, but he refused to apologize for toppling Saddam Hussein.
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Gordon Brown doesn't do charisma. In contrast to Tony Blair, the new British leader has offered no emotive sound bites, no promises of tough new laws and no talk of a "war on terror" since the failed attacks in London and Glasgow.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair attacked opponents of his decision to take the nation to war in Iraq, saying allowing Saddam Hussein to remain in power would have risked the murder of more Iraqis.
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Britain's Prince Andrew on Wednesday defended comments he made suggesting the United States might have been better off had its leaders learned from the British experience with colonialism before invading Iraq.
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LONDONâBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair has flatly acknowledged that his main argument for taking a reluctant country to war - Iraq&#39;s alleged weapons of mass destruction â-as turned out to be wrong.
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Comment is free: Martin Kettle: The outgoing prime minister won't rank with Churchill or Gladstone, but - despite Iraq - he has done good for Britain.
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LONDON, England -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has rejected calls to apologize for the way his government presented intelligence on Iraq&#39;s weapons programs before the war.
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The former head of the British Army is outspokenly critical of U.S. military policy in Iraq. Gen. Sir Mike Jackson discusses planning for the Iraq War, the problem with Washington's neocons and the military withdrawal from Basra.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair, struggling to keep his hold on power after months of questions about when he intends to resign, snapped back at critics Saturday with a defiant declaration that &quot;this is the time to hold firm.&quot;