Senior figures in defence ministry were prick out of discussions in the run-up to the war,according to fresh book Broken Vows: Tony Blair The Tragedy of PowerSenior figures in the British ministry of defence were largely prick out of discussions in the run-up to the invasion in Iraq by then prime minister Tony Blair, according to a fresh biography by Tom Bower published on Thursday.
The scenario – that the department responsible for sending British troops into action would not be directly involved in such discussions at the top – is laid out by the top civil servant in the MoD at the time, or Sir Kevin Tebbit.
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Source: theguardian.com