Brits: Prosecute Blair For War Crimes

Britons are now calling for their former prime minister to be prosecuted for war crimes.

LONDON, England — Britons are now calling for their former prime minister to be prosecuted for war crimes.

The outrage sparked last week when Tony Blair publicly admitted that he would have still backed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq regardless of Iraq not having weapons of mass destruction.

Blair noted on the BBC that then-Iraq President Saddam Hussein should have been deposed for his threat.

Lawyers for the Hussein promised to file charges against Blair.

International lawyer Philippe Sands told The Sunday Herald that such prosecutions are not surprising considering Blair’s admission.

“The fact that the policy was fixed by Tony Blair irrespective of the facts on the ground, and irrespective of the legality, will now expose him more rather than less to legal difficulties,” said Sands.

Newspaper editors and anti-war activists groups are also recommending that the current British war inquiry switch gears after Blair’s comment.

Blair is to meet with the inquiry led by former civil servant John Chilcot next spring. The meeting will reportedly be in secret.

Blair originally justified the invasion of Iraq on allegations that the Middle East nation had WMDs with which to harm the West.

None of the WMDs claimed to exist were ever found.