Blair almost admits wrong about Iraq

From Aljazeera on line
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E4D19123-9DD3-11D1-B44E-006097071264.htm
Wednesday 29 September 2004, 0:08 Makka Time, 21:08 GMT


Blair admitted the evidence over WMDs was wrong

British Prime Minister Tony Blair offered his Labour Party and the British electorate a partial apology for waging war on Iraq.
But as two more British soldiers died in Iraq and a captive remained under threat of death, his hopes of drawing a line under two years that has wrecked his public trust ratings are far from secure.
"The evidence about Saddam having actual biological and chemical weapons ... has turned out to be wrong," Blair said on Tuesday, his nearest yet to a mea culpa.
"The problem is, I can apologise for the information that turned out to be wrong but I can't, sincerely at least, apologise for removing Saddam," he said. "The world is a better place with Saddam in prison not in power."
Blair's speech was interrupted twice by protesters, one yelling that the premier "had blood on his hands". They were ruthlessly bundled out of the hall.