• Defiant Blair says no regrets over Iraq war
    Defiant Blair says no regrets over Iraq war Reuters - Fri Jan 29, 2:14 PM

    LONDON (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Friday he had no regrets about the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, saying Saddam Hussein was a threat to the world who had to be disarmed or removed.

  • 2 Americans detained in northern Iraq on visa violations after crossing from Kurdish region
    2 Americans detained in northern Iraq on visa violations after crossing from Kurdish region The Canadian Press - Fri Jan 29, 2:08 PM

    BAGHDAD - Two Americans were being questioned Friday by an Iraqi army investigator after they were found without visas in an area of northern Iraq where forces engage in almost daily battles with insurgents.

  • No regrets for removing Saddam Hussein: Blair
    No regrets for removing Saddam Hussein: Blair AFP - Fri Jan 29, 1:08 PM

    LONDON (AFP) - Former prime minister Tony Blair told a public inquiry into the Iraq war on Friday he had no regrets about removing Saddam Hussein from power.

  • Britain's Tony Blair: Iraq invasion was inspired by post-Sept 11 weapons threat The Canadian Press - Fri Jan 29, 12:42 PM

    LONDON - An unrepentant Tony Blair defended his decision to join the United States in attacking Iraq, arguing Friday before a British panel investigating the war that the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks made the threat of weapons of mass destruction impossible to ignore.

  • Blair says Sept. 11 changed 'calculus of risk' CBC - Fri Jan 29, 11:53 AM

    The Sept. 11 attacks in the United States heightened the dangers posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime, former British prime minister Tony Blair says as he defends the decision to take his country to war against Iraq.