Iraq and Afghanistan only 'an excuse' for terrorists: Blair [View All]

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Iraq and Afghanistan only 'an excuse' for terrorists: Blair

LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair rounded on Tuesday on critics who allege his support for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars made Britain more vulnerable to terrorists, insisting they were merely “an excuse” for attacks.

“Of course, these terrorists will use Iraq as an excuse, or use Afghanistan,” Blair told a press conference when quizzed about the reasons behind the July 7 London bombings in which at least 56 people died.

“September 11, of course, happened before both of those things and then the excuse was American policy, or Israel,” he said, referring to the 2001 attacks on the United States.

“They will always have their reasons for acting,” he said, speaking alongside Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

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