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Former British PM Calls for Inquiry on War
Former British Prime Minister John Major said an independent investigation is needed to study British participation in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the London Independent reported Saturday (see GSN, Dec. 15). “The more we learn about the beginning of the war, the more uncertain its rationale seems to be,” he said. A former senior Foreign Office official said in a recently released statement from 2004 that British officials did not believe that prewar Major said he had “no doubt” that the U.S. Congress would study the reasons for the war once the Democratic Party takes control in January 2007. “I do think it is important in due course we do precisely the same,” he said. “I would like an independent inquiry that would examine all the information dispassionately.” British lawmakers joined Major in calling for an inquiry, the Independent reported. “This has to be a matter for an independent, and perhaps judicial, inquiry because this is not just the stuff of fibs; it is the basis for a referral to the international war crimes tribunal,” said left-wing Labor Party lawmaker Alan Simpson (Colin Brown, The Independent, Dec. 16). A spokesman for Prime Minister Tony Blair said no further studies were needed, the “We have had four inquiries into these matters. All four have had full access to all the information they required and all came to the conclusions that have been published,” the spokesman said (Graeme Wilson, The Daily Telegraph, Dec. 16).
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