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Brown to testify at Iraq inquiry on March 5
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 22 - 02 - 2010

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will give evidence to a public inquiry into the Iraq War on March 5, Reuters quoted officials for the probe as saying today.
Brown will be the most high profile witness at the inquiry since it questioned former Prime Minister Tony Blair last month.
The appearance comes just weeks before an election expected in May. The war, launched in 2003, sapped support for Blair and Labour and continues to provoke public anger almost three years after Blair handed over to Brown.
Brown said last week he had supported the invasion, to which Britain sent 45,000 troops, not because of Iraq's military threat but because of its repeated failure to comply with international obligations.
A key plank in the government's argument had been that the then Iraq leader Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, none of which were ever found.
"The evidence that was given to us was that there were weapons and that was the finding of a number of people but for me the reason for intervention was always the breach of international obligations by the Iraqi government," Brown told Tribune magazine.
Political opponents said Brown, who was finance minister at the time of the invasion, was trying to distance himself from the stance adopted by Blair.
Blair told the inquiry he had no regrets about the invasion, saying Saddam was a threat to the world who had to be disarmed or removed.
The inquiry, led by former civil servant John Chilcot, had said it would not call Brown ahead of the election, which must be held by June, to avoid its hearings becoming caught up in party politics.
Brown will testify between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., followed by International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander, who will give evidence between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband will appear on March 8, inquiry officials added.


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