Blair duped Britons over Iraq war, says Clare Short
AFP, London
Prime Minister Tony Blair duped the public over the threat posed by Saddam Hussein in order to ensure Britain invaded Iraq, Clare Short, who resigned from his cabinet, told a British Sunday newspaper. "There was political spin put on the intelligence information to create a sense of urgency," Short, who stepped down as International Development Secretary following the end of the conflict in Iraq, told the Sunday Telegraph. "It was a political decision that came from the prime minister," Short told the right-wing weekly newspaper. "We were misled. I think we were deceived in the way it was done," Short said. Blair's office flatly denied Short's allegations.
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