Delegates Split Over Blair's Iraq Apology
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For Tony Blair, sorry seems to be the hardest word. A day after the prime minister expressed regret about bad intelligence on Iraq, delegates at the Labour Party's annual convention were divided over whether they'd heard a genuine apology for the war.
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BRIGHTON, England  - Greeted by chorus of hecklers, Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged in a speech to his Labour party Tuesday that the war in Iraq has divided Britain but said he makes no apology for helping topple Saddam Hussein.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged that the war in Iraq has divided Britain but said he had no apologies for helping topple Saddam Hussein in a speech Tuesday to his Labour Party, where he was met by angry delegates and hecklers.
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Britain's involvement in Iraq is likely to overshadow the annual conference of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party, despite the British leader's efforts to shift the focus to domestic issues.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair tried Tuesday to heal divisions over the Iraq war and unite his Labour Party to fight for a historic third term in power, acknowledging that intelligence used to justify the invasion was wrong but insisting the world was safer
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BRIGHTON, England - Tony Blair offered his Labour party on Tuesday a partial apology for waging war in Iraq -- a desperate attempt to pull supporters back behind him ahead of an election next year.
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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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Iraq is chosen for a vote at Labour conference but Tony Blair says he will not apologise for the war.
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Iraq will not be the decisive factor for Britons in the next election, Tony Blair said on Wednesday, as his party pondered the prime minister's conditional apology over the war.
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Labour delegates have forced a debate and vote on Britain&#39;s role in Iraq hours after Tony Blair said he would not apologise for the war.
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Britain&#39;s opposition parties on Wednesday demanded that Prime Minister Tony Blair apologize for the way his government handled intelligence on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair offered a qualified apology for some of the judgments he had made in taking the country to war.
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Opposition parties demand Tony Blair apologises for the way he presented intelligence on Iraq's illegal weapons.
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LONDON  - Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a revolt by lawmakers Wednesday over a U.S. request to redeploy some British troops closer to Baghdad.
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Iraq overshadowed the start of Tony Blair&#39;s Labour Party conference on Sunday despite the prime minister&#39;s efforts to turn attention to the domestic agenda ahead of a general election expected next year.
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Tony Blair offered his Labour party on Tuesday a partial apology for waging war in Iraq -- a desperate attempt to pull supporters back behind him ahead of an election next year.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has voiced &quot;deep sorrow&quot; for the country's historic role in the slave trade, but stopped short of a full apology sought by some critics.