Brit Flicks | 15 July 2016 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOvs3Lgj1Qs&w=854&h=480] This feature-length documentary, co-written and presented by George Galloway, examines the prime-ministerial career of Tony Blair and his business activities since leaving office – a role that Galloway describes as ‘The Blair Rich Project’. Combining testimony from prominent observers, ambassadors and statesmen, with extensive archive footage,…
The Guardian | 7 July 2016 Tony Blair says he did not know military action would be disastrous. In truth, he was warned many times Tony Blair is damned. We have seen establishment whitewashes in the past: from Bloody Sunday to Hillsborough, officialdom has repeatedly conspired to smother truth in the interests of the powerful.…
Antiwar | 10 July 2016 Gag Order Seen Worsening Morale After Report on Iraq Disaster The Chilcot Inquiry, a British government report on the illegality of the 2003 US-UK invasion and occupation of Iraq, is a huge issue in Britain, a country which has more than its share of huge issues lately. But while the…
The Herald Scotland | 3 July 2016 by Alex Slamond In normal political times Wednesday would see the most dramatic event of the year. Thirteen years after the Iraq war and seven years after the start of his Inquiry, Sir John Chilcot will deliver his findings. In particular for the relatives of the 179 service…
Amnesty International | 7 July 2016 The credibility of the United Nations is on the line after it shamefully caved in to pressure to remove the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition from the UN’s list of states and armed groups that violate children’s rights in conflict, Amnesty International said today. Last night a spokesperson for UN…
Salon | 7 June 2016 Hillary said murder of terrorists’ family is war crime—yet Obama admin may have done this to Abdulrahman al-Awlaki In her self-declared “major” foreign policy speech on June 2, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton indirectly admitted that the U.S. government’s drone killings of family members of suspected militants, namely Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, if…
Felicity Arbuthnot | 5 June 2016 With the date of the publication of Chilcot Inquiry into the illegal invasion of Iraq just weeks away (6th July) reportedly set to “savage” former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair (1) he has made a rare return to the UK and gone in to manic diversionary tactic overdrive. It seems…
RT | 31 May 2016 The families of slain British soldiers might sue former UK PM Tony Blair if evidence suggests the equipment provided to the troops during the Iraq War was inadequate, Roger Bacon, father of an army serviceman killed in a roadside bomb blast, told RT. Bereaved relatives of UK servicemen and women…
Daily Mail | 22 May 2016 Tony Blair’s reputation will be seriously damaged by the upcoming Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War, according to a senior source who has discussed the report with its authors. The report – which will finally be published on July 6 – will also deliver an ‘absolute brutal’ verdict on…
Global Research | 5 May 2016 [AM editor’s note: I largely agree with Kuznick’s critical analysis but less so with his pro-Marxist solutions. He is correct to point out the folly and hubris of the neocon-neoliberal imperialist war pigs. However, his default leftism is part of the problem. The domestic policies of many “progressive” nations…