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Photo Gallery: Chilcot and the UK in Iraq: Imperialist War. (Telesur)

Chilcot and the UK in Iraq: Imperialist War Gone ‘Badly Wrong’?

A U.S. B-52 bomber crosses the perimeter fence at Fairford RAF base in Gloucestershire.
A U.S. B-52 bomber crosses the perimeter fence at Fairford RAF base in Gloucestershire.Photo:Reuters
IN PICTURES: teleSUR takes a look at Britain’s role in a war that shattered a nation and continues to spread instability and pain across the Middle East.

The British Empire may have fallen into terminal decline long ago, but this didn’t stop former Prime Minister Tony Blair from thrusting the United Kingdom into an unnecessary and illegal war, with U.S. President George W. Bush at the helm, to militarily topple then Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Continue reading “Photo Gallery: Chilcot and the UK in Iraq: Imperialist War. (Telesur)”