Britain to hold Iraq war inquiry later-minister(Jack Straw..in due course)

[maddezmom]

LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Britain will hold an inquiry into the Iraq war in due course, cabinet minister Jack Straw, who was foreign secretary during the 2003 invasion, said on Thursday.

"I am perfectly content myself ... to be subject, at an appropriate moment, to an inquiry," he said, adding that went for "the whole of the government, including the prime minister", Tony Blair.

Blair defeated an opposition bid in parliament last October to force an inquiry into his handling of the war. Government officials said then that to hold one immediately would damage the morale of British soldiers in Iraq and embolden insurgents.

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William Hague, foreign affairs spokesman for the opposition Conservatives, welcomed Straw's comments.

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But a spokeswoman for Blair said there had been no change in the government's position on an inquiry.

more:http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22628265.htm

[JuniperLea]

1. Good for them!

Now that they are starting to pull out their troops, there's no good reason to delay this for long.

[Ghost Dog]

2. Oh, but they surely will.

And they will surely count on 'all hands on deck' in order to manipulate the heart, the truth, out of it, when the 'appropriate' time comes. ;-(