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In an adventurous step weeks ahead of the British legislative elections, Gordon Brown spoke for the first time in plain about his role in 2003 Iraq invasion led by the USA. Brown said that London took the “right decision” by taking part in the war in 2003.
\"It was the right decision, and it was for the right reasons,\" British Premier said. Brown acknowledged that there were some hard lessons to be learned from the war, particularly the need to have a plan to win the peace.
Brown who was Brown was Chancellor of the Exchequer in Tony Blair’s Cabinet when the war started, said that the world had been asking Iraqi President Saddam Hussain since years to respect the International Laws and engagements and stressed that the most important thing is that Iraq was violating the UN resolutions.
As to the massive destruction arms issue Iraq was being accused of having and that was proven later that it doesn’t exist, Brown said that the 5 meetings he held with intelligence apparatuses made him think that Iraq constitutes a threat wit which the International Community shall deal. However, he added that he wanted to opt for the diplomatic mean and he hoped so until the last week before the invasion.
While Blair was criticized for not being sorry about the war, Brown uttered that he feels sorry for all the British soldiers and Iraqi civilians who died adding that he sympathizes with their families.
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