Mon, Aug 25, 2003 - Page 6 News List

E-mails raise pressure on Blair over Iraq

REASONS FOR WAR The inquiry into the death of arms expert David Kelly released thousands of pages of e-mails shedding light on the prime minister's role in the affair

AFP , LONDON

The documents show that Blair's office exchanged a flurry of e-mails with the defense ministry as the government debated whether and how to announce that Kelly had admitted contacts with Gilligan.

Blair, US President George W. Bush's main ally on Iraq, committed over 40,000 British troops to the war after two intelligence dossiers helped to convince a sceptical parliament to back military action.

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