Blair Avoids Defeat Over Troops in Iraq
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Prime Minister Tony Blair won the backing of his Labour Party on Thursday to keep British troops in Iraq, avoiding a humiliating defeat that would have undermined his premiership.
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BRIGHTON, England -- With the war in Iraq dividing his government and eroding trust in his leadership, Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday conceded at the Labor Party conference that intelligence used to justify sending troops proved wrong, but he refused to apologize for toppling Saddam Hussein.
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The British government underlined on Thursday that it will not "cut and run" from Iraq following that country's election this month, denying reports that London is pushing Washington to set a timetable for ...
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Tony Blair's decision to move troops deeper into Iraq to support U.S. forces proves his determination to stick to the course he took over the war despite mammoth political risks.
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Despite the presumed political damage suffered by Prime Minister Tony Blair over Iraq, voters are largely unconcerned at events in the country.
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LONDON Tony Blair denies he misrepresented intelligence about Iraqi weapons before the war and is rejecting demands to apologize. The British prime minister tells the House of Commons he can&#39;t say he misrepresented
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair rejected a call Wednesday for an independent inquiry into the civilian death toll in the US-led war in Iraq.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a revolt on Wednesday from lawmakers who demanded a parliamentary vote on a US request to redeploy British troops in Iraq.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said  British troops would stay in Iraq "until the job is done" and  pledged full support for the country's weak government during  an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Sunday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair  rejected a call Wednesday for an independent inquiry into the  civilian death toll in the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
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LONDON, England -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has rejected calls to apologize for the way his government presented intelligence on Iraq&#39;s weapons programs before the war.
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LONDONâBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair has flatly acknowledged that his main argument for taking a reluctant country to war - Iraq&#39;s alleged weapons of mass destruction â-as turned out to be wrong.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair says the number of British troops in Iraq could be increased again if required.
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Britain has not yet decided whether to send 650 troops to relieve US forces in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday, while rejecting suggestions that such a move would be aimed at boosting US President George W. Bush's electoral campaign.
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BRIGHTON, England  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair won the backing of his Labour party Thursday to keep British troops in Iraq, avoiding a humiliating defeat that would have undermined his leadership.
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Tony Blair insists the Iraq conflict was justified even if Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction.
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The British government underlined on Thursday that it will not "cut and run" from Iraq following that country's election this month, denying reports that London is pushing Washington to set a timetable for withdrawing coalition troops.