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  • Bush told Blair we're going to war, memo reveals (PM backed invasion despite illegality)

    02/02/2006 1:05:52 PM PST · by presidio9 · 30 replies · 1,182+ views
    Guardian ^ | Thursday February 2, 2006
    Tony Blair told President George Bush that he was "solidly" behind US plans to invade Iraq before he sought advice about the invasion's legality and despite the absence of a second UN resolution, according to a new account of the build-up to the war published today. A memo of a two-hour meeting between the two leaders at the White House on January 31 2003 - nearly two months before the invasion - reveals that Mr Bush made it clear the US intended to invade whether or not there was a second resolution and even if UN inspectors found no evidence...