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Blair
to give evidence to Iraq probe next week
Wednesday January 12, 2011 09:45:30 PM,
DPA
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London: Former British
prime minister Tony Blair is to give evidence Jan 21 to the Iraq
Inquiry investigating Britain's role in the six-year Iraq
conflict, it was announced Wednesday.
It will be Blair's second appearance before the inquiry team which
has been probing the run-up to the conflict, the 2003 invasion and
its aftermath.
Blair, 57, launched a strong defence of his role in the US-led
invasion when he first gave evidence to the inquiry a year ago.
Family members who lost relatives in the conflict will be able to
attend the inquiry session.
Last year, when pressed repeatedly by the inquiry chairman whether
he had anything to say to those who lost loved ones in the
conflict, Blair said "no" and added that he had "no regrets".
Blair handed over power to Gordon Brown after 10 years as prime
minister in 2007. He is now a special envoy for the Middle East
Quartet comprising the UN, the US, the EU and Russia.
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