Former PM Blair Covered Up Military Plans In 2002

As British prime minister, Tony Blair hid from the public the military plans to invade Iraq in 2002, reported The Sunday Telegraph.

LONDON, England — As British prime minister, Tony Blair hid from the public the military plans to invade Iraq in 2002, reported The Sunday Telegraph.

The report cited secret government documents leaked last week.

During 2002, Blair claimed that Great Britian’s mission would be disarmament, not regime change.”

Privately, Blair’s military commanders criticized the lack of contingency planning for keeping civilians safe, a key obligation of the Geneva Convention.

The Telegraph noted that the classified documents show that coalition forces were “ill-prepared and equipped to deal with the problems in the first 100 days” of the Iraq occupation.

Among the lies that Blair told the British Parliament was on Sept 24, 2002:

“In respect of any military options, we are not at the stage of deciding those options but, of course, it is important — should we get to that point — that we have the fullest possible discussion of those options.”

However, “formation-level planning for a deployment took place from February 2002,” according to the newly leaked documents.

An inquiry into Iraq was to start last week.

The inquiry’s head former Whitehall civil servant Sir John Chilcot reportedly saw these classified documents.