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Ex-British PM’s bloody legacy stops his reemergence -Press TV

Students and campaigners from the Stop the War Coalitionused the occasion to reiterate their demand that the former prime minister be tried for war crimes and criticised the university for hosting the event. 

Chris Nineham, vice chair of Stop the War Coalition, which organised the protest said: “It is completely insane for a man who lied to parliament to be speaking at a conference supported by one of Britain’s premier educational institutions. It is an absolutely mad situation.” 

Wed Nov 14, 2012 6:30PM GMT

Tony Blair’s attempts to buy himself prestige as a globetrotting speechmaker-for-hire are damaged by the spectres of a million Iraqi dead during and after the U.S.-led invasion of the country in March 2003. 

The disgraced war criminal was given a platform at UniversityCollege London (UCL) to speak on Tuesday morning, where he was greeted with hundreds of protesters who gathered outside the College and highlighted Blair’s bloody crimes. 

Not only UCL but the entire political and media establishment across the UK are now discredited by Blair’s continuing presence in the halls of power – from the Labour Party which refuses to make a clean break with his reign to the media organizations that eagerly seek his opinions and slaver after his approval. 

The only place for him is in the dock at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, with his fellow mass murderer George W Bush alongside him. 

The former prime minister was jeered by anti-war protesters and greeted with chants of “war criminal” as he arrived at the UCL to speak at a conference organized by former UK defence secretary John Reid on Tuesday morning. 

Students and campaigners from the Stop the War Coalitionused the occasion to reiterate their demand that the former prime minister be tried for war crimes and criticised the university for hosting the event. 

Chris Nineham, vice chair of Stop the War Coalition, which organised the protest said: “It is completely insane for a man who lied to parliament to be speaking at a conference supported by one of Britain’s premier educational institutions. It is an absolutely mad situation.” 

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November 14, 2012 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized