British PM backs inquiry into Iraq war justification
Prime Minister Tony Blair says he will cooperate with a parliamentary probe into the use of intelligence to justify the Iraq war. Opposition leaders who backed the invasion call for an independent inquiry into claims Saddam Hussein's WMDs were ready to be used, while Blair defends the decision and notes intelligence was approved by the Joint Intelligence Committee. The Foreign Relations Committee will also examine the war decision, and Blair argues critics seek to relitigate the conflict.