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Blair warned Bush against invading Iraq: advisor | Raw Story - http://rawstory.com/2009...
November 30
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"George W. Bush first mentioned a link between Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda to Tony Blair days after 9/11, but the premier advised against pursuing the Iraqi dictator, an aide said Monday. The then US president spoke to Blair in a telephone conversation on September 14, 2001 and mentioned the possible Iraq link, said David Manning, who was Blair's foreign policy adviser at the time. In the conversation Bush "said that he thought there might be evidence that there was some connection between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda," Manning told Britain's Iraq war inquiry, which started last week. "The prime minister's response to this was that the evidence would have to be very compelling indeed to justify taking any action against Iraq," he added."
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The story seems more plausible as a plant from Blair's people in an attempt to rehabilitate his reputation overseas.
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Cole -- that was my first thought also. Awaiting further revelations and investigations to decide for sure.
- Sean McBride