British initiate inquiry into Iraq war
U.S. pressure to oust Saddam started before 9/11, witnesses tell panel
Posted: November 25, 2009 at 5:10 a.m.
An 83-year-old displaced Iraqi woman stands outside her shelter Tuesday in a makeshift village, Um Khashim, outside Najaf. About 200 families with no other place to go live in the village.
An inquiry into Britain’s role in the Iraq war kicked off Tuesday with top government advisers testifying that some Bush administration officials were calling for Saddam Hussein’s ouster as early as 2001 — long before sanctions were exhausted and two years before the U.S.-led invasion.
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