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Tony Blair’s defence secretary Geoff Hoon was 'told to burn' Iraq war memo
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/01/05/tony-blairs-defence-secretary-geoff-hoon-was-told-to-burn-iraq-war-memo/
Tony Blair’s defence minister Geoff Hoon has claimed Downing Street ordered him to burn a secret memo that said the Iraq war could be illegal.
The claims will be a blow to the former British prime minister’s reputation as Mr Hoon was a close personal and political ally.
The reputation of Mr Blair, one of the chief architects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has been thrown into the spotlight once again following the announcement that he is to be given a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II.
More than 690,000 people have signed an online petition opposing the move, with some saying that rather than being made a ‘Sir’ he should be prosecuted for war crimes.
Claims made by Mr Hoon in his memoir, which was published in November, have been seized upon after the campaign to “rescind” Mr Blair’s knighthood.