BRITAIN TOLD US THAT INVADING IRAQ COULD COST BLAIR HIS PREMIERSHIP, PAPERS REVEAL
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✍️ Newly released documents reveal warnings from Tony Blair's foreign policy adviser, David Manning, that invading Iraq without a second UN security council resolution could cost Blair his premiership.
👉 David Manning warned Condoleezza Rice that a second UN security council resolution was necessary for Tony Blair's premiership 👉 Manning cautioned that the US must not promote regime change in Baghdad at the expense of Blair's premiership 👉 The US and UK abandoned efforts to get agreement on a second resolution, claiming the French president would never agree 👉 The Ministry of Defence warned of significant levels of internecine violence after the invasion
-- #TonyBlair #DavidManning #CondoleezzaRice #GeorgeWBush #JacquesChirac #ChristopherMeyer #London #CampDavid #Baghdad #Washington #politics
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