9/08/2012

Scottish bid to charge Blair with War Crimes


Scottish bid to charge Blair with war crimes | Herald Scotland: "Edinburgh Southern MSP Jim Eadie said yesterday: “Waging an aggressive war is illegal under international law. There has long been a case to answer about Britain’s military action in Iraq, which was motivated by regime change, not the dangers posed by weapons of mass destruction. I think we need a debate about whether Scots law can be changed in order to bring Tony Blair to trial.
“There is a prima facie case that he broke international law and it has been argued that it would require a small change to Scots law to allow him to be tried here.”
He added: “If this is possible it would command widespread support, not just in Scotland but from people across the UK who remain angered that Britain was taken to war and many lives were lost on a false premise. We know the fiction of weapons of mass destruction was created because the UK Government could not be open about their desire for regime change in Iraq.”"


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