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July 7, 2016

British Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn Apologies for His Party's Support for Iraq War
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British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has apologized on behalf of the
Labour Party for its role in pushing Britain into the Iraq War.

Bq. Jeremy Corbyn: "Politicians and political parties can only grow
stronger by acknowledging when they get it wrong and by facing up to
their mistakes. So now I apologize sincerely on behalf of my party for
the decision to go to war in Iraq. The apologies are first to the people
of Iraq hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost in the country
still living with a devastating consequence of the war and the forces it
unleashed. They have paid the greatest price for the most serious
calamity in years."

Jeremy Corbyn was the president of Stop the War coalition. This comes
one day after the release of the long-awaited Chilcot report, which
blames British Prime Minister Tony Blair for deliberately exaggerating
the threat posed by Saddam Hussein in the lead-up to the Iraq War. Blair
was the longest serving Labour Prime Minister in British history. The
Chilcot report revealed Blair had been warned multiple times by
Britain's Joint Intelligence Committee that the invasion of Iraq would
increase the threat of terrorism by Al Qaeda and other militant groups.


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