The Trial of Tony Blair - Martin Noakes... music video.....

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Bullying Chilcot’s threat to Iraq war families as inquiry boss tells them ‘take me to court over delay and you’ll pay the legal costs’

By David Icke on 5th September 2015 Coverups, Illuminati Criminals, War and Terror

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Bullying Chilcot's threat to Iraq war families as inquiry boss tells them
'take me to court over delay and you'll pay the legal costs'
Sir John Chilcot accused of resorting to 'bully-boy tactics' by families
They want judge to order Iraq inquiry chairman to fix deadline for report
Claim Sir John is trying to frighten them into dropping legal action

By Ian Drury Home Affairs Correspondent For The Daily Mail

Published: 00:59, 5 September 2015 | Updated: 08:40, 5 September 2015


‘Sir John Chilcot has threatened to force grieving military families to pay tens of
thousands of pounds if they take him to court.

Relatives of dead soldiers say the chairman of the Iraq Inquiry has resorted
to ‘bully-boy tactics’ to frighten them into dropping their legal action to force him to
publish his long-delayed report.

Desperate to learn the truth about why Tony Blair sent their loved ones to war in
2003, they want judges to order Sir John to fix a deadline.

Even though the inquiry has already taken six years and cost £10million, the retired
civil servant refuses to name a date. Some claim the report might not be delivered
until at least next June.’

Read more: Bullying Chilcot’s threat to Iraq war families as inquiry boss tells
them ‘take me to court over delay and you’ll pay the legal costs’

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threat-Iraq-war-families-telling-court-delay-ll-pay-legal-costs.html#ixzz3l9P47Qz1
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Is war criminal Tony Blair up ****-creek without a paddle?

By David Icke on 16th September 2015






Is war criminal Tony Blair up ****-creek without a paddle?

Sep 16, 2015 

‘In the light of the recent Labour leadership victory by Jeremy Corbyn, the
current migrant crisis and growing threat of ISIS, it is no wonder that thoughts
are turning back to the Chilcot Report. Commissioned in 2009 to investigate
the circumstances leading to the Iraq War, the inquiry is still no closer to having
an agreed publishing date, much to the anger and frustration of the families of
the servicemen and women who lost their lives during the conflict. It has even
been suggested that these ongoing delays are caused by “vested interests”, and
it is certainly no secret that vital evidence has been suppressed that points the
finger at Tony Blair for misleading the nation and plunging the country into an
Illegal war.

There is a demonstrable link between the UK and the US’s illegal invasion of Iraq
in 2003 and the current state of chaos in the region today. Had the Iraq War never
taken place, there would have been no political collapse which allowed the ISIS
reign of terror to take hold. Terror threats to the west, the displacement of migrants
and, of course, the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and
children, can all be directly linked to the actions of our ex-prime minister. It’s pretty
damning stuff.’

Read more: Is war criminal Tony Blair up ****-creek without a paddle?

http://rinf.com/alt-news/latest-news...hout-a-paddle/

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Petition to Arrest Tony Blair for war crimes in the Middle East and misleading the public

By David Icke on 28th September 2015



‘Tony Blair led us into a war, using lies and deception, resulting in the death
of thousands of our soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians. His actions
have given rise to instability in the region and terror groups the freedom to rise.
He should be arrested and put in prison.’


Read more...

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/108495

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Shocking Truth Of British Involvement in the Deaths of 6-8 Million in Iraq and Afghanistan

By David Icke on 30th September 2015



‘There is possibly a time when Tony Blair is going to have to deal with the
consequences of his actions over Iraq with the coming Chilcot inquiry
report – however long that may take. And even then, the Chilcot report
is likely to be nothing more than a whitewashing of the truth.

“I think it was an illegal war,” Jeremy Corbyn said in an interview with
BBC2’s Newsnight adding that former UN secretary general had confirmed
that. “Therefore he (Blair) has to explain that.”

Calls for Tony Blair to face war crimes are accelerating and it is hardly
surprising now we know what we know to be true. And what we now
know is truly shocking, even though the British media has universally
refused to report it. Type the keywords of this report into Google (such
as ‘war on terror, killed four million Muslims) and the British press are
100% absent, so it is worth reading.’

Read more: Shocking Truth Of British Involvement in the Deaths of
6-8 Million in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Hillary’s Surprising Ties to Tony Blair

By David Icke on 7th October 2015 Illuminati Criminals









Details about Tony Blair's relationship with Hillary Clinton have emerged
in several batches of private emails that have been released by the
State Department. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Hillary's surprising ties to Tony Blair
By Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) • 10/5/15 12:20 PM


‘Hillary Clinton and Tony Blair, the former prime minister of Britain,
enjoyed a close personal relationship that allowed them to collude
on a number of foreign policy issues behind the scenes.

Blair went from helping the former secretary of state make moves
in the Middle East to joining former Clinton insiders at a well-connected
consulting firm whose work has stoked concerns that the Clintons help
their friends profit off their personal ties.

Additional details about Blair’s relationship with Clinton have emerged
in several batches of private emails that have been released by the
State Department at the end of each month, including those published Wednesday.’

Read more: Hillary’s Surprising Ties to Tony Blair

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hi...rticle/2573416

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Bush and Blair plotted Iraq war a year before invasion had started: White House memo

By David Icke on 18th October 2015




Untitled‘A damning White House memo has revealed details of the so-called
“deal in blood” forged by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US
President George W. Bush over the Iraq war.

The document, titled “Secret… Memorandum for the President”, was sent by
then-US Secretary of State Colin Powell to President Bush on March 28, 2002,
a week before Bush’s summit with Blair at his Crawford ranch in Texas, Britain’s
Daily Mail reported on Sunday.

The sensational memo revealed that Blair had agreed to support the war a year
before the invasion even started, while publicly the British prime minister was
working to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis.’

Read more:Bush and Blair plotted Iraq war a year before invasion had started: White House


http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/10...Bush-Iraq-war-

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Pauls Post from.....https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...=1#post1011124

Re: Ukraine, Crimea, Syria, Israel, Iran, Putin, and World War III

I am listening to James Corbett report on the memo between Bush and Blair, from a
year before the Iraq war began, in which Blair agrees to support militarily attacking
Iraq (a memo found on Hillary's email server .. irony).

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AhvG4Ebmlgo

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AhvG4Ebmlgo


During this, Corbett reminds us of General Wesley Clark's report that Clark learned in
late 2001 that the Pentagon was "going to take out seven countries in five years,
starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.”

It seems that that plan for the Pentagon is failing ... it's been about 14 years now, not 5,
and Syria and Iran are still standing. They have Russia's backing, and apparently won't fall.

However, it occurred to me (not anything James Corbett said) while listening to Corbett
that this plan is still succeeding, just modified.

The primary object of the plan would be, I presume, to get the banking and essential
resources of all those nations under Bankster control during the changes in the global
monetary system. Russia and China are just as much members of the BIS as are the
"Western" nations; now Syria and Iran will come under the control of the Banksters
and primary energy and resource controllers, as protectorates of the BRICS nations
rather than as victims of the Anglo-American military-intelligence-industrial complex.
Same difference.

All nations need (in the view of the Banksters) to be under the thumb of the Banksters. No free lancing allowed. ... and thus it shall be.

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We have cast iron proof of Tony Blair’s war crimes, so no more Chilcot excuses

By David Icke on 20th October 2015



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We have cast iron proof of Tony Blair's war crimes, so no more Chilcot excuses

Lindsey German 18 October 2015. Posted in News


Latest Blair revelations should serve as an urgent warning to MPs, especially
Labour MPs, who are contemplating voting for war in Syria.



‘Back in 2002 those of us who had been campaigning against the war on terror,
just past its first phase in Afghanistan, could see that war on Iraq was firmly in
the sights of the then prime minister Tony Blair and the US President George Bush.

The Blair trip to Crawford Texas to visit Bush in April 2002 was clearly a turning
point. It was obvious to anyone who cared to read beyond the official anodyne
announcements surrounding the visit that there had been a deal between the
two to go to war in Iraq.

The memos published in the Mail on Sunday confirm that this was indeed the case.
The memo from Colin Powell admits as much and talks expressly about how best
to handle the run up to war.

There is no talk of diplomatic solutions to the situation in Iraq. What is discussed is
how best to achieve he goal which both men had already set themselves – that of
going to war in Iraq. Their motive was clear at the time: nothing less than regime
change, the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, would satisfy them.’

Read more: We have cast iron proof of Tony Blair’s war crimes, so no more Chilcot excuses


http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news...hilcot-excuses

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Iraq War inquiry: Cabinet Secretary Heywood denies causing Chilcot delays

By David Icke on 20th October 2015

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RT NEWS....

Iraq War inquiry: Cabinet Secretary Heywood denies causing Chilcot delays

Published time: 19 Oct, 2015 13:24
Edited time: 20 Oct, 2015 09:36



‘British Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has fired back at critics who
accused him of delaying the publication of the Chilcot Inquiry report into the
legality of the UK’s involvement in the Iraq War.
The report, which was commissioned six years ago, has faced repeated delays.
Critics have suggested that by blocking the release of government papers,
including correspondence between former Prime Minister Tony Blair and former
US President George W. Bush, Heywood was in part responsible for holding up
the report’s publication.

“It frustrates me a little bit, to be honest, that I’m being accused of trying to
get in the way, or covering things up, because that is just absolutely not the
way in which I’ve approached it,” said Heywood in an interview with Civil
Service World published on Monday.’

Read more: Iraq War inquiry: Cabinet Secretary Heywood denies causing Chilcot delays

https://www.rt.com/uk/319067-heywood...ampaign=chrome

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=m5iurtoKQFA

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UK, US policies leading up to Iraq War ‘were about business’ – investigative journalist

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Afqe32VT_Gw

Published on 19 Oct 2015


Leaked memos show that former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair was fully onboard with the
George W. Bush administration with regard to the invasion of Iraq a full year before the
war began. Manila Chan speaks with investigative journalist Russ Baker about the fallout
from this leak and how policy leading to the invasion developed during the run up to the war.

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Iraq invasion was about regime change – international relations professor on leaked US, UK memos

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rkrgz8fKR-A

Published on 19 Oct 2015


News of leaked memos indicating that former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair had already
agreed to work with the George W. Bush Administration on the invasion of Iraq long
before it began has been less than a shock to many people. Stephen Zunes, a major
critic of the Bush administration and professor of politics and international studies at
the University of San Francisco, offers his view as to why public reaction has been so
tepid and what the invasion was really about.

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Going to War: Tony Blair’s ‘Contract in Blood’

By David Icke on 24th October 2015





Going to War: Tony Blair’s “Contract in Blood”

By Binoy Kampmark
Global Research, October 23, 2015

Region: Europe

Theme: Crimes against Humanity




“This is one of the most astonishing documents I have ever read.”

-David Davis, Mail on Sunday, Oct 17, 2015

It reads like a whodunit document behind a failed criminal enterprise. As it should –it figured as a vital step behind the invasion of Iraq in 2003. And it was found in a stash of previously secret correspondence on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server.

The Colin Powell memorandum in preparation for the Crawford summit of April 2002 (yes, that Powell, who has undertaken some considered Pilate handwashing ever since), was more damning than most. It outlined what the British role behind justifying an imminent war with shoddy grounds would look like. More importantly, it provides ample carrion for the prosecution against Tony Blair for that often discounted charge of crimes against peace.

Ever since becoming prime minister of Britain, the greatest public relations machine to disgrace Westminster went into service for the US cause. Blair’s role was deemed indispensable to providing the right colouration for what was coming: regime change in Iraq.

“He [Blair] will present to you [Bush] the strategic, tactical and public affairs lines that he believes will strengthen the global support for our common cause.” In return for such stitching, Powell advised that Bush made Blair look “big” on the world stage.

Such bargaining evangelism is never attractive; evangelism in the service of war on behalf of another power? We let the most critical of juries decide that one. Former conservative shadow home secretary, David Davis, has already made his mind up on the implications of the memorandum: “Judging from this memorandum, Blair signed up for the Iraq War even before the Americans themselves did. It beggars believe.”[1]

In various fora, Blair has claimed that no deal was done with Bush to go into Iraq well in advance of the 2003 attack – in this case, a year prior. Before Sir John Chilcot’s inquiry in November 2009, he suggested that nothing of the sort had been planned at the time – Britain’s position only shifted after the private Crawford meeting in April 2002. In his spruced memoirs heavy with mendacity, Blair reiterated the position: the diplomatic solution was still in swing.

It was evident at the Crawford discussion that the two men wanted to be alone, or at the very least free of British advisors. Britain’s ambassador to Washington at the time, Sir Christopher Meyer, gave evidence that he “took no part in any of the discussions and there was a large chunk of that time when no advisor was there.” As the two men were “alone in the ranch” at the time, Meyer could not be clear “what degree of convergence (on Iraq policy) was signed in blood, if you like, at the Crawford ranch.”[2]

That said, the meeting heralded the conflation of threats: that of al-Qaeda and the supposed “global war on terror”, with regime change in Iraq. It was in the immediate aftermath of the Crawford gathering that Blair began to express a view that the Bush administration was pushing with simultaneous enthusiasm: Saddam had to go.

Furthermore, this stance on Blair’s part took place despite public assertions that he was in the diplomacy business – a resolution avoiding war with Iraq was always being considered. But notwithstanding that, he is noted as putting Britain’s war machine at the service of Washington without reservations. “On Iraq, Blair will be with us should military operations be necessary. He is convinced on two points: that the threat is real; and success against Saddam will yield more regional success.”

Powell’s memorandum notes domestic opposition at all levels, including that of the UK Parliament. At that particular point, the prime minister’s office had marginalised those in the UK Defence and Foreign ministries, effectively annexing Britannia’s strategic purpose to that of the White House.

“A sizeable number of his MPs remain at present opposed to military action against Iraq… some would favour shifting from a policy of containment of Iraq if they had recent (and publicly usable) proof that Iraq is developing WMD/missiles… most seem to want to some sort of UN endorsement for military action.”

There is also awareness that Britain’s own interests were taking a battering, not merely in the potential leveraging in blood in such theatres as Afghanistan, but ongoing economic disputes over tariffs in the steel industry. In Powell’s words, Blair was ready to “insulate our broader relationship from this and other trade disputes.” Those keen to see Blair as pet and poodle to the White House will have what they want, a grotesque act of fawning that effectively undercut British sovereignty.

The Powell memorandum has cleared the air to a degree, though at this point, it is unlikely to delay the release of the long overdue Chilcot report. It was not that Blair could ever be trusted with upholding the values of international law. It was far more fundamental than that: he could not be entrusted with the sovereignty of his own state.

In holding parliamentary will, including members of his own cabinet, and that of anti-war sentiment in contempt, the memorandum goes some way in confirming Blair’s views ahead of the fateful invasion that not merely destabilised Europe, but unleased a religious conflagration in the Middle East.

Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne. Email: bkampmark@gmail.com

Notes


[1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...Americans.html


[2] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...d-US-memo.html


Copyright © Binoy Kampmark, Global Research, 2015

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Blair acknowledges ISIS stemmed from Iraq invasion, refuses to apologize for toppling Saddam

By David Icke on 25th October 2015


RT NEWS....

Blair acknowledges ISIS stemmed from Iraq invasion, refuses to apologize for toppling Saddam



‘The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has acknowledged there are “elements of truth” in
statements saying the rise of Islamic State was a direct consequence of the US-led invasion of
Iraq, but refused to apologize for attacking the country.

“I find it hard to apologize for removing Saddam. I think, even from today in 2015, it is better
that he’s not there than that he is there,” Blair told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. The full interview is
to be aired later on Sunday.

Saddam Hussein was a dictatorial ruler of Iraq, who had dragged the country into wars with
neighboring Iran and Kuwait and used chemical weapons to quash down the rebellious Kurdish minority.’

Read more: Blair acknowledges ISIS stemmed from Iraq invasion, refuses to apologize for
toppling Saddam

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British Families Left With Nothing After War Criminal Blair’s US Trip to ‘Broker’ £1 Billion Terror Deal


A secret trip to the White House made by Tony Blair brokered a deal that left British victims of
Libyan terrorism without compensation amounting to millions of pounds.This has come to light
after Blair missed the deadline and refused to explain his role to the Parliamentary Committee
investigating the case.

Read more: British Families Left With Nothing After War Criminal Blair’s US Trip to ‘Broker’ £1 Billion Terror Deal

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...h-nothing.html

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Tony Blair concedes link between Islamic State and Iraq War

Tony Blair has apologised for mistakes made over the Iraq War - and said there
were "elements of truth" in claims that it caused the rise of Islamic State.

Read More....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34630380

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‘Crystal clear case for Tony Blair war crimes in Iraq’

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hPA2bWkG1yg

Published on 25 Oct 2015


Amid the rhetoric surrounding the conflict in Syria, former UK Prime Minister Tony
Blair admitted that there are 'elements of truth' in the accusation the intervention
in Iraq in 2003 was one of the main causes for the rise of Islamic State. He made
this comment in an exclusive interview with CNN. Neil Clark, journalist and
broadcaster joins RT for more.

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Bush, Blair escape justice due to lack of law: Pundit

By David Icke on 26th October 2015




PRESS TV....

Bush, Blair escape justice due to lack of law: Pundit

vid on link...http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/10...Brann-Peterson

Press TV has interviewed Jim Brann, with the Stop the War Coalition from London,
and Frederick Peterson, a congressional defense policy advisor from New York, to
discuss war crimes charges against former US President George W. Bush and
British ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair over the invasion of Iraq.

Brann says the United States was aware of Iraq’s war crimes during the eight-year
imposed war on Iran, but that American officials kept silent on Iraqis’ use of
weapons of mass destruction against Iranian people.

British and US authorities had made their firm decision to go to a war with Iraq
before an international group determined whether or not weapons of mass
destruction existed in the Arab country, he notes.

The anti-war activist argues a claim by former British Premier Tony Blair that he did
not know the reality about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is “simply a
brazen lie,” adding a document dating back to September 2002 proves that Iraq did
not have any WMDs.

Pointing to a lack of laws to bring Bush and Blair to justice, Brann maintains the US
and the UK “have no law implementing prohibition on the crime of aggression” in
both countries.

Peterson, for his part, believes “national leaders should be held responsible for their
actions,” adding that Bush and Blair decided to go to war against Iraq based on
their knowledge and information.

He also says former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein sought weapons of mass
destruction and used chemical weapons against Iranians and his own fellow Iraqi
people.

Read more: Bush, Blair escape justice due to lack of law: Pundit

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/10...Brann-Peterson

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War criminal Blair accused of ‘passing the buck’ over Iraq

By David Icke on 26th October 2015

Tony Blair was last night accused of a ‘cynical spin operation’ after offering
a feeble half-apology for the Iraq War.

Bereaved families of soldiers who died in the illegal Iraq war have lashed out
at war criminal Tony Blair over a ‘feeble half-apology’. Blair only apologised for
the mistakes that other people made, and did not take responsibility for his
contribution to the deaths of thousands.




Call that an apology Mr, Blair? Army families' fury as ex-PM says he's
sorry for mistakes of OTHER people over Iraq War
Families accused Tony Blair of 'passing the buck' following his apology
The former Prime Minister said the pre-invasion intelligence was wrong
He also claimed no one considered the impact of removing Saddam
One grieving relative asked 'how does he sleep at night' after his mistakes

By Jack Doyle and Larisa Brown for the Daily Mail

Published: 23:16, 25 October 2015 | Updated: 08:20, 26 October 2015

Tony Blair was last night accused of a ‘cynical spin operation’ after offering
a feeble half-apology for the Iraq War.

Bereaved families and critics of the war said the former prime minister was
‘passing the buck’ after he offered a series of selective apologies for the conflict.

In an interview with US television, he said he apologised for the fact the
intelligence on which the conflict was based was wrong.



Tony Blair promised George Bush that he would
be able to convince Britain to support an Iraqi invasion

Read more: War criminal Blair accused of ‘passing the buck’ over Iraq

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‘Men gave their lives in vain in Iraq’ - father of UK soldier killed in war

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zG3Ra--w9O4

Published on 26 Oct 2015
The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has acknowledged there are
“elements of truth” in statements saying the rise of Islamic State was a
direct consequence of the US-led invasion of Iraq, but refused to apologize
for attacking the country.

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Desmond Tutu calls for Blair and Bush to be tried over Iraq

2 September 2012
From the section UK

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been a long time critic of the war in Iraq

Tony Blair and George W Bush should be taken to the International Criminal
Court in The Hague over the Iraq war, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said.

Writing in the UK's Observer newspaper, he accused the former leaders of
lying about weapons of mass destruction.The Iraq military campaign had
made the world more unstable "than any other conflict in history", he said.
Mr Blair responded by saying "this is the same argument we have had many
times with nothing new to say".

'Playground bullies'

Earlier this week, Archbishop Tutu, a veteran peace campaigner who won the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 in recognition of his campaign against apartheid,
pulled out of a leadership summit in Johannesburg because he refused to
share a platform with Mr Blair.

The former Archbishop of Cape Town said the US- and UK-led action launched
against Saddam's regime in 2003 had brought about conditions for the civil war
in Syria and a possible Middle East conflict involving Iran.

"The then leaders of the United States [Mr Bush] and Great Britain [Mr Blair]
fabricated the grounds to behave like playground bullies and drive us further
apart. They have driven us to the edge of a precipice where we now stand -
with the spectre of Syria and Iran before us," he said.

He added: "The question is not whether Saddam Hussein was good or bad or
how many of his people he massacred. The point is that Mr Bush and Mr Blair
should not have allowed themselves to stoop to his immoral level."

Archbishop Tutu said the death toll as a result of military action in Iraq since
2003 was grounds for Mr Blair and Mr Bush to be tried in The Hague.

But he said different standards appeared to be applied to Western leaders.

He said: "On these grounds, alone, in a consistent world, those responsible should
be treading the same path as some of their African and Asian peers who have been
made to answer for their actions in The Hague."


Read More....http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19454562

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Watch Out Tony Blair, The Legal Noose is Tightening. ‘Dead-End Road’ towards a War Crimes Trial?

By David Icke on 28th October 2015




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Watch Out Tony Blair, The Legal Noose is Tightening. “Dead-End Road” towards a War Crimes Trial?

The Chilcot Inquiry, “Sir Cover Up” and The House of Lords


By Felicity Arbuthnot

Global Research, October 27, 2015



“The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so
monstrous he cannot believe it exists.” (J.Edgar Hoover, 1895-1972.)

Did the Government believe the claims about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of
mass destruction or was the aim regime change, which has no basis whatsoever
in international law? Was this the real motivation? Secondly, when was the
decision taken to go to war? Was it at Crawford or Camp David, in April 2002,
(Lord Morris of Aberavon, House of Lords, October 22, 2015

”Why did Tony Blair have those embarrassing exchanges in 2002 [with G.W. Bush]
when there was no question of there being any declaration of war? Why did the
then Government ignore the instinct and feelings of 1.5 million people marching
down Piccadilly to protest about what was still an illegal war?” (Lord Dykes,
House of Lords, October 22, 2015)

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“Sir Cover Up”

Just five days after it was revealed (1) that former British Prime Minster Tony Blair
and then President George W. Bush had made a pact to attack Iraq and overthrow
the country’s sovereign government a full year before the invasion took place – as
Blair continued to mislead government and populace stating that diplomacy was
being pursued and no decisions made – another snake has slithered from under the
hay (as the Arab saying goes) in the form of Sir Jeremy Heywood.

Sir Jeremy who has been unkindly dubbed “Sir Cover Up” by sections of the media
is Prime Minister David Cameron’s Cabinet Secretary, thus the UK’s top Civil Servant.

According to the Daily Mail, Sir Jeremy has: “insisted he did not deserve his
reputation as the secretive and manipulative power behind the throne” and was
“frustrated” at his public portrayal.

However:


“Sources close to the Iraq Inquiry claim it was held up for months while chairman Sir
John Chilcot argued with Sir Jeremy about which documents could be put in the public domain.

“In the end, Sir Jeremy insisted that 150 messages between Tony Blair and George
Bush in the run-up to the 2003 war must be censored. Only the ‘gists’ of the messages
and selected quotes will be released. (Emphasis mine.)

“Former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis said it was ‘wholly inappropriate’ that Sir
Jeremy had been involved in decisions on the Iraq Inquiry, given his role as Mr. Blair’s
Private Secretary at the time of the war.” (2)

Sir Jeremy was Principal Private Secretary to Tony Blair from June 1999 to July 2003
and would thus have been party to every step of the scheming and untruths about the
invasion and surely the plotting between Bush and Blair to attack, during their April 2002,
three day meeting at the Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas. (See 1.)




Subsequently Heywood stepped in to the same position when Gordon Brown became
Prime Minister after Blair’s resignation, a post he held between January 2008 and May
2010, so would also have been party to the plans for and structure of the Chilcot
Inquiry in to the war, which was set up by Brown. Thus those involved in the bloodbath
and invasion, convened the Inquiry in to the illegality.

Gordon Brown as Blair’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, wrote the cheques for the years
of illegal UK bombings of Iraq and for the UK’s participation in “Operation Iraqi Liberation”
(OIL.) He also wrote the cheques for Britain’s part in the disastrous invasion of Afghanistan.

According to Ministry of Defence figures, the total cost of UK military operation in Iraq,
2003-2009, was £8.4 Billion – ongoing since they are back bombing, with Special Forces
in Northern Iraq – and it would be unsurprising if also elsewhere in the country, given
Britain’s duplicitous track record. To 2013 the cost of UK operations in Afghanistan
reached £37 Billion, also ongoing.

David Cameron who voted to attack Iraq told a news programme at the time: “You’ve got
to do what you think right, even if it’s unpopular …”, near mirroring Blair’s “I know I’m right”
of the same time. Cameron admires Blair, regarding him as a “mentor.” At every level of
government past and present, there are vested interests in the truth on Iraq never coming out.

Cameron’s words on his election as Prime Minister come to mind again: “We’re all in it together.”

Of Sir Jeremy, political commentator Peter Oborne has written: “Heywood is a perfect
manifestation of everything that has gone so very wrong with the British civil service over
the past 15 years.” (3)

House of Lords Debate: Prelude to a Criminal Indictment of Tony Blair?

On Thursday, 22nd October, in a debate in the House of Lords, Tony Blair’s former Attorney General
(May 1997-July 1999) Lord Morris of Aberavon cited the “scandalous delay” in producing the Chilcot Report.

Sir John Chilcot’s Inquiry took evidence between November 2009 and 2nd February 2011.
Costing £10 million (and rising) the final Report is now not expected until summer 2016
and maybe even sometime in 2017.

The families and friends of the 179 British service people who died had been “badly let down” by
the delays, stated his Lordship. Indeed, but, tragic as the whole Iraq horror is for the UK’s bereaved,
their sons, daughters, relatives, signed up to join the armed forces, trained extensively in killing
other human beings and had the lawful right, if in conscience they believed it wrong, illegal, to
refuse to serve.

In their debate (4) their Lordships devoted no time to the grief of the relatives of the over one
million Iraqi dead, the 800,000 Iraqi children who have lost one or both parents, the million
widows, the maimed, the limbless, those who lost their minds, homes, all, in the horror, who
also are “badly let down”, their need for answers paramount. Only Lord Dykes in just two lines
referred to: “ … the fate of Iraqi civilians. That should be a substantial part of this report.”

Lord Dykes also encapsulated the hitherto unspoken questions:


*“Why was it so important for them to turn on Saddam Hussein if regime change was not the main driver?

*”Why did Tony Blair have those embarrassing exchanges in 2002 when there was no question of there
being any declaration of war?

*“Why did the then Government ignore the instinct and feelings of 1.5 million people marching down
Piccadilly to protest about what was still an illegal war?

*”Why did the Americans and the British ignore the wise advice of the French Government under President
Chirac and Foreign Secretary Dominique de Villepin about the mistake of going to war on that occasion?”




In a surely clear reference to Sir Jeremy Heywood, Lord Morris said that: “ … the saddest feature of the
inquiry process was the ‘strenuous effort’ of the Cabinet Office to block the committee from having access
to ‘swathes of vital documentation,’ including notes from Blair to Bush” adding: “ Respect for good
governance is undermined if Reports don’t see the light of day before issues become dimmed in public memory.”

Lord Parekh also referred to the “delay” caused by: “the dispute over access to various documents”,
Sir Jeremy’s spectre stalked the Chamber:


“For example, it took nearly a year to obtain the Blair-Bush correspondence and the notes Mr Blair is
supposed to have left with Mr Bush, to read them and to decide whether to include them in the report.”

Baroness Falkner was surely also referring to Blair and Cameron’s ally, “Sir Cover Up” when she said:


“Looking at the sequencing of events, it is clear that there was some kind of stand-off between the
Cabinet Secretary and the Inquiry team, which lasted for a while … it took from July 2012 to January
2015 to reach an agreement on publishing the Blair-Bush correspondence.”

And does that refer to the “censored” version?

Lady Falkner made a vital point regarding David Cameron’s desire to emulate Blair in visiting a full scale
“Shock and Awe” on another devastated country which poses Britain no threat and which would be as
unlawful as Iraq:


“I want to pick up the issue of our continuing intervention in the Middle East. Let us go back to the August
2013 vote on not intervening in Syria. We as a country cannot, and should not, make a decision on that
until we know of our hand in setting that region ablaze in the first instance. That is the least we owe the country.”

Earl Attlee had hands on experience having served as a Territorial Army Officer in Iraq during the Invasion
had clearly had enough of prevarications:


“I do not believe that democratic leaders can lead a country to war without being held to account for the
decisions that they made on our behalf. I could see the ‘dodgy dossier’ for what it was … “

Baroness Williams was equally scathing, demanding: “ … the truest possible account of this, which I think
is the second-gravest mistake ever made in the history of the United Kingdom’s foreign policy after the
end of the Second World War.”

Comparing the Iraq disaster to the 1956 Suez crisis in “scale” and “effect”, she stated:


“Today, when we look at what has been tragically not only an attempt to try to invade Iraq but, perhaps
more crucially, an attempt to see the Middle East fade away into a situation where there is almost no legally
available support, let us not forget that an invasion based on the argument that you need regime change
has no place in international law and no place in the United Nations.” (Emphasis mine.)

In context, Suez has been described (5) as: “ … one of the most important and controversial events in British
history since the Second World War. Not only did Suez result in deep political and public division in Britain,
it also caused international uproar.”

“It has come to be regarded as the end of Britain’s role as one of the world powers and as the beginning of
the end for the British Empire.”

Suez led to the downfall of Prime Minister Anthony Eden whom, it was widely believed, had mislead Parliament
over the degree of collusion between Britain and Israel.



Tony Blair also mislead Parliament, including over the extent of his collusion with George W. Bush. Ironically he
has also been described as: “having an unremitting record of bias toward Israel.” (Electronic Intifada, 29th June
2007.) When he was – Orewellianly – appointed “Middle East Peace Envoy”, he was described as: “A true friend
of the State of Israel” by then Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and: “a very well appreciated figure in Israel” by then
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.

Eden and Blair may have more in common regarding their actions in the Middle East than meet the eye. Eden
however simply sunk into obscurity whereas the clamour for Blair to account for his actions grow ever louder.
The petition to Parliament for his arrest for war crimes and misleading the nation has nearly reached the required
10,000 when it is mandatory for the Prime Minister to respond. At 100,000 a Parliamentary debate can be called.

“Dead-End Road” towards a War Crimes Trial?

The Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn told BBC Newsnight that Blair could see a war crimes trial over the:
“illegal Iraq invasion.”

www.arrestblair.org established by journalist George Monbiot: “offers a reward to people attempting a peaceful
citizen’s arrest of the former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, for crimes against the peace.” So far five credible attempts
have been made and around £13,000 paid out.

As events are unfolding there may soon be no more wriggle room for all those involved in the lies and cover ups.
Their Nuremberg may yet await. It is owed to those who lost their lives for a pack of lies. For the people of Iraq it
is a sacred accounting, a debt of ultimate honour and a woefully inadequate apology which might at least demand
reparations..

Notes:

1. http://www.globalresearch.ca/tony-bl...vasion/5483029

2. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-Heathrow.html

3. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...owerful-751584

4. http://www.publications.parliament.u...15102244000633

5. http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwm...suez/suez.html

6. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/108495


Copyright © Felicity Arbuthnot, Global Research, 2015

http://www.globalresearch.ca/watch-o...-trial/5484836

[Cidersomerset]

Iraq Inquiry published 'in June or July 2016' Sir John Chilcot says


10 minutes ago

From the section UK Politics



Sir John Chilcot began his inquiry in 2009

The inquiry into the Iraq War should be published in
June or July 2016, its author says.

Sir John Chilcot set out the timetable in a letter to Prime
Minister David Cameron on the inquiry's website.

National security checks will be done on the report, which
is over two million words long, he said.

The inquiry, which began in 2009, is considering how UK
forces came to participate in the US-led invasion of Iraq
in 2003 and its aftermath.


Read More.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34665607

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Iraq War Inquiry report to be published June or July 2016, Chilcot tells Cameron

By David Icke on 29th October 2015 Coverups, War and Terror




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RT NEWS......

Iraq War Inquiry report to be published June or July 2016, Chilcot tells Cameron


Published time: 29 Oct, 2015 10:30
Edited time: 29 Oct, 2015 16:23



‘Sir John Chilcot has told Prime Minister David Cameron that the long-delayed,
highly controversial report into the legality of the Iraq War will certainly be
published in June or July 2016.

In an official letter to Cameron, Chilcot said the text of the report would be
completed by April 18, 2016, at which point “national security” checking of
the content will commence.’

Read more: Iraq War Inquiry report to be published June or July 2016, Chilcot tells Cameron

https://www.rt.com/uk/320036-chilcot...-publish-date/

[Cidersomerset]

Former Gitmo inmate to take legal action against UK government

By David Icke on 1st November 2015 War and Terror

PRESS TV....

Former Gitmo inmate to take legal action against UK government

Sat Oct 31, 2015 6:4PM



‘The British resident who spent nearly 14 years at the US-run detention
facility in Guantanamo Bay is now planning to sue the UK government for
alleged complicity in his torture.

Shaker Aamer’s lawyers say they initiated legal action against the British
government on his behalf but the proceeding could not be followed until
his return to the UK.

According to some speculations, Aamer may get a compensation payout of
£1 million, if he wins the case.

But Aamer’s high priority is shedding light on the alleged UK complicity in rendition and torture.’

Read more: Former Gitmo inmate to take legal action against UK government

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/10...TMO-COMPLICITY