Tony Blair has apologized for aspects of the Iraq War, sparking claims of attempted “spin” ahead of the Chilcot Inquiry findings. The former prime minister used a US television interview to express regret over the failure to plan properly for the aftermath of the 2003 toppling of Saddam Hussein and the false intelligence used to justify it. “I apologise for the fact that the intelligence we received was wrong,” he told CNN. Asked by host Fareed Zakaria if the Iraq War was “the principal cause” of the rise of Islamic State, he said: ‘I think there are elements of truth in that.“
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