Regime Change Not Motivation For Iraq War: Blair -- Yahoo News/AFP
LONDON (AFP) – Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Friday he had supported the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq because Saddam Hussein flaunted UN resolutions, not because he wanted "regime change".
In the opening exchanges of his evidence to a public inquiry into Britain's involvement in the war, he insisted the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States had dramatically changed his view of the threat posed by the Iraqi leader. Related article: Saddam was a 'monster' says Blair
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