UK Court Blocks Prosecution Of Tony Blair For Iraq Invasion
Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair, stands with British troops in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006. (AP/Eddie Keogh)
A British court has blocked an attempt by a former Iraqi general to bring a private prosecution against Tony Blair over the Iraq war.
General Abdul Wahed Shannan al-Rabbat, a former chief of staff of the Iraqi army, accused Blair of committing a “crime of aggression” while he was prime minister, by invading Iraq in 2003 to overthrow Saddam Hussein.
