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A senior US official said the president needed a ‘dose of reality’ to deal with Iraqi insurgents, documents revealTony Blair’s advisers privately questioned if the US had “proper political control” of military operations in Iraq after a senior US official confided that George W Bush believed he was on a “mission from God” against Iraqi insurgents, newly released documents reveal.Blair needed to “deliver some difficult messages” to the then US president for a “more measured approach” in April 2004, following a US military operation to suppress a major uprising in the city of Falluja, according to papers released to the National Archives in Kew, west London. Continue reading…
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/31/advisers-urged-tony-blair-to-rein-in-george-w-bush-over-iraq-war-mission-from-god
Author : Caroline Davies
Publish date : 2024-12-31 00:01:00
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Advisers urged Tony Blair to rein in George W Bush over Iraq war ‘mission from God’
