War was Blair's 'hardest choice'
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Invading Iraq was the "most difficult decision" of Tony Blair's life, his former media chief Alastair Campbell tells the BBC.
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Tony Blair had hoped UN pressure, not war, would force Saddam Hussein out, a former adviser says.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has admitted it can be hard to be the strongest ally of US President George W. Bush, with whom he went to war in Iraq, as well as being a player in Europe.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair conceded that his popularity with the British public had been badly dented by the war in Iraq, but insisted he would be trusted again over any future conflict.
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TONY Blair is a well-established world leader, but it seems his recent trip to Italy placed him in the premiere league of football hard tacklers.
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The prime minister insisted no decision had yet been taken on sending British troops to relieve US allies in Iraq. Repeatedly challenged at prime minister&#39;s question time, Mr Blair said it was a military decision
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Labour-supporting actor Richard Wilson says he suffered a nasty loss of heart in Tony Blair over the Iraq war.
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Tony Blair was last night forced on to the defensive over Iraq after explosive leaked documents revealed that he was warned a year before the invasion that a war could send the country into meltdown.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday denied leading Britain into war on a false prospectus, despite intelligence on the threat posed by Iraq being wrong.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has been dogged for months by speculation that his grip on power was weakening because of smoldering public anger over the Iraq war. But the pundits apparently underestimated his instinct for survival.
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Tony Blair's EU track record and Iraq seen as obstacles to getting new post of president
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LONDON, Sep 11 (IPS) - It was not perhaps the best day for British Prime  Minister Tony Blair to talk peace in Lebanon. The date was a  reminder how closely Britain led by Blair has backed the U.S. led  'war on terror' since those attacks in New York and  Washington five years back.
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In his new job as Mideast envoy, Tony Blair will take on a task that has bedeviled many before him &#151; a role complicated by Hamas' takeover of Gaza, the weakness of Palestinian and Israeli leaders, and animosity deepened on both sides by six years of conflict.
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Former prime minister Tony Blair&#39;s cabinet colleagues had severe doubts about his decision to take Britain to war against Iraq, his former press chief revealed in diaries published Monday.
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Watching Tony Blair is always instructive for Americans, and even the source of a bit of envy. Facing the same political conundrum as President George W. Bush - a war gone wrong in a charged political season
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Analysis: If the outgoing British Prime Minister takes on the role of Middle East peace envoy, he may find the situation on the ground even more daunting than he expects
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With the war in Iraq dividing his government and eroding trust in his leadership, Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday conceded at