www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
World / Europe

Tony Blair apologizes for Iraq War 'mistakes'

(Xinhua) Updated: 2015-10-25 21:51

LONDON - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has apologized for "mistakes" in the planning of the Iraq war, admitting that "the intelligence we received was wrong," British media reported Sunday.

Blair conceded that there were "elements of truth" in the view that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was the "principle cause" of the rise of the Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS, British Sky News reported.

"I apologies for the fact that the intelligence we received was wrong," the report quoted Blair as saying in an interview with CNN.

"I also apologies for some of the mistakes in planning and, certainly, our mistake in our understanding of what would happen once you removed the regime," he added.

However, Blair also said: "I find it hard to apologize for removing Saddam. I think, even from today in 2015, it is better that he's not there than that he is there."

In the interview, Blair acknowledged the link between the Iraq war and the rise of the Islamic State.

"Of course, you can't say that those of us who removed Saddam in 2003 bear no responsibility for the situation in 2015," he said.

"But it's important also to realize, one, that the 'Arab Spring' which began in 2011 would also have had its impact on Iraq today, and two, ISIS actually came to prominence from a base in Syria and not in Iraq," he added.

In 2009, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown established an inquiry, led by John Chilcot, into the Britain's involvement in the Iraq War, but the finally conclusions of the inquiry have not been published yet.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has described Blair's apology as a "spin operation."

"The Blair spin operation begins but the country still awaits the truth. The delay to Chilcot report is a scandal," she said on her Twitter account.

Trudeau visits Sina Weibo
May gets little gasp as EU extends deadline for sufficient progress in Brexit talks
Ethiopian FM urges strengthened Ethiopia-China ties
Yemen's ex-president Saleh, relatives killed by Houthis
Most Popular
Hot Topics

...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产成人91一区二区三区 | 美女很黄很黄免费的 | 免费看欧美成人性色生活片 | 欧美国产合集在线视频 | 亚洲第一免费视频 | 国产一级一级一级国产片 | 国产午夜精品不卡观看 | 天堂av2017男人的天堂 | 日韩中文字幕在线亚洲一区 | 国产成人综合久久亚洲精品 | 欧美成人一级视频 | 久久久久国产精品免费 | 亚洲欧美日本在线 | 97国产成人精品视频 | 国产一级片免费 | 国产成人综合在线 | 日韩三级小视频 | 精品国产区一区二区三区在线观看 | 久久曰视频| 俄罗斯美女在线观看一区 | 欧美中文字幕在线视频 | 国内真实愉拍系列情侣自拍 | 国产欧美日韩视频在线观看 | 国产精品亚洲专区一区 | 国产精品久久一区二区三区 | 日韩欧美毛片免费看播放 | 日韩欧美毛片免费看播放 | 日韩亚洲一区中文字幕在线 | 可以看毛片的网站 | 国产精品麻豆一区二区三区v视界 | 国产精品网站 夜色 | 特黄aa级毛片免费视频播放 | 毛片久久久 | 高清午夜毛片 | 日本一道免费一区二区三区 | 亚洲人欧洲日韩 | 久久香蕉国产线看观看亚洲片 | 欧美一区二区三区高清视频 | 久久精品全国免费观看国产 | 国产 高清 在线 | 日韩欧美理论 |