Jack Straw ‘edging towards the S word’ on Iraq
Jack Straw clearly cannot stand by the statement that the British are not kidnapping and torturing people using third-party countries, merely that he insists he was not involved himself.
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Jack Straw clearly cannot stand by the statement that the British are not kidnapping and torturing people using third-party countries, merely that he insists he was not involved himself.
Funny how different things can look when you change your perspective. Just back from some intriguing conversations with the Shia-led Iraqi government for my Unreported World documentary in April.
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Gordon Brown has left the building. He closed his evidence repeatedly referring to his “sadness” at the lives lost in Iraq. There was no expression of regret. He thought it was the right war entered into for the right reasons, he repeatedly said. Everything he said, he said repeatedly.