The rise of jihadist extremism in Iraq is linked to the 2003 invasion, Jack Straw claimed today as the former Foreign Secretary put himself at odds with Tony Blair.
Mr Straw said it was ‘impossible’ to argue that the war ordered by Mr Blair ‘played no part at all in today’s events’.
Mr Blair yesterday insisted Iraq would have been ‘engulfed by precisely the same convulsion’ if Saddam Hussein had remained in power, as he called for new military intervention .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk
