Tony Blair dismisses Iraq Inquiry as part of Britain's 'obsession with conspiracy theories'

Tony Blair yesterday launched an extraordinary attack on the Iraq inquiry - as the chairman warned that he and others could be recalled over 'gaps' in their evidence. In an outspoken interview in the U.S., the former prime minister dismissed the inquiry as part of a ' continual desire to sort of uncover some great conspiracy'. Speaking on Fox News he said critics of the war were obsessed with conspiracy theories, and refused to accept that his motives were 'genuine'. Stephen Walt: I don't mean to say I told you so, but... AWIP/Mehdi Hasan: What role did Israel play in the run-up to the Iraq war? Len Hart: 'Conspiracies of Rich Men' to Commit War Crimes and Aggression. PressTV: UK: Iraq inquiry to question US officials. Daily Telegraph: Slippery Jack Straw leaves Iraq Inquiry grasping for answers. Blair acknowledged that Israel was part of the equation on invading Iraq, and that the Israeli government was being actively consulted in the planning for the war. London Evening Standard: French accuse Tony Blair of ‘Soviet-style' propaganda in run-up to Iraq war.