Tony Blair Confirms Receiving Millions in Donations From Saudi Arabia
The Tony Blair Institute wrote flattering articles about Bin Salman during the crown prince’s visit to the UK early this year.
The Tony Blair Institute wrote flattering articles about Bin Salman during the crown prince’s visit to the UK early this year.
Blair, who strongly supported the US decision to boycott Hamas, said the boycott of Hamas came under extensive Israeli pressure.
World leaders were wrong to boycott Hamas after it won Palestinian elections in 2006, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said for the first time according to the Guardian newspaper. In an interview
If the immunity verdict is overturned, Tony Blair may face formal charges of war crimes over one of the worst foreign policy disasters in British history.
Tony Blair may face formal charges over war crimes if judges overturn a controversial ruling that gave the former Prime Minister, immunity from prosecution over the Iraq War.
Last year a British court blocked a private criminal prosecution against Blair by General Abdul-Wahid Shannan
The anti-war campaigner and Brexiteer may be coming back to the heart of British politics.
By Adam Garrie
Last month saw the death of a long-time British Labour MP Gerald Kaufman. Kaufman was a beloved figure in Parliament and was remembered for taking a keen interest in Palestinian freedom, recognizing the importance of Jews such as himself working with Muslims, Christians and all others for a common cause based on the notions of human rights and
Hillary Clinton asked Lady de Rothschild “Let me know what penance I owe you” after requesting Tony Blair accompany her on official business, preventing him from attending a Rothschild event scheduled for that same weekend.
Though the influence of money in politics is well-known, many people are amazed to learn that most of that money comes from very few individuals – 1% of the 1% as it were. These individuals comprise the global elite, whose mind-boggling fortunes are often used to buy ‘favors’ and even set policy in governments all over the world, not just the
Whitney Webb is a writer and researcher for The Last American Vagabond and a MintPress News contributor and former staff writer. She has contributed to several independent media outlets and her work has been featured by The Real News Network, The Ron Paul Institute, The Zero Hour, and The Jimmy Dore Show, among others. She has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.
When the UK invaded, Iraq had nearly a tenth of the world’s oil reserves — and government documents “explicitly state” oil was a consideration before the war. Why didn’t Chilcot explore it further?
The long-awaited Chilcot Report was finally released today, examining the UK’s involvement in the Iraq War and occupation. Unfortunately, on the most important question, the report’s conclusions are all but silent: why did the UK go to war? Chilcot takes at face value the Blair government’s
“It is an account of an intervention that went badly wrong, with consequences to this day,” said the U.K.’s John Chilcot.
By teleSUR
The long-awaited Chilcot report was released on Wednesday, detailing a years-long investigation into the U.K.’s role in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, with former Prime Minister Tony Blair facing accusations of war crimes. At a press conference Wednesday morning, John Chilcot, chairman of the investigation, described his report as "an
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