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Tidligere premierminister Tony Blair har nægtet at beordre forbrændelse af dokumenter som var udarbejdet af justitsminister Lord Goldsmith som hævdede at krigen mod Irak ville være ulovlig, blot uger inden begyndelsen af invasionen i 2003.

I en erklæring som svar mod beskyldningerne som blev gjort i søndags, sagde Blairs kontor: "Det er nonsens, såvidt Tony Blair ved."

"Ingen har nogensinde sagt det i hans tilstedeværelse og det ville under alle omstændigheder være absurd at tænke at nogen kunne destruere et sådant dokument."

"Mr Blair og Lord Goldsmith har gået til store længder for at behandle alle omstændighederne omkring rådgivningen ved (Irak) undersøgelsen og med alle dokumenterne. Faktum er at den givne rådgivning sagde at aktionen var lovlig og at den var givet for fuldstændig gode årsager," tilføjede erklæringen.

Avisen The Mail on Sunday havde rapporteret at på tærsklen til krigen var Downing Street grebet af panik da Storbritanniens top-advokat erklærede at ethvert sådant indgreb var ulovligt i et 13 siders dokument.

En anonym insider fortalte the Mail at ministre og deres hjælpere var i besiddelse af en kopi at dokumentet og var blevet beordret til "brænd det. Destruer det."



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Shock! Tony Blair denies ordering burning of document ruling Iraq war illegal


Ten days after the events are alleged to have taken place, Goldsmith u-turned on his original advice and declared the invasion legal.

Defence secretary Geoff Hoon is said to have been one of the ministers who refused to obey the burning command - a move which allegedly saw Blair trying to kick him out of cabinet.

"Geoff received the 'burn it' order second-hand," the Mail's source claimed. "He did not regard it as an instruction to be followed."

"Downing Street was very keen at the time that the document should not have wide circulation, but Geoff would argue that the remark should not be interpreted as a sign that they were determined to get the Attorney General to rewrite the advice."


A senior figure who served at No. 10 at the time told the Mail: "There was pandemonium. The date when war was expected to start was already in the diary, and here was Goldsmith saying it could be challenged under international law.

"They said 'burn it, destroy it' and got to work on the AG [Attorney General]."

It is widely thought that Blair's inner circle applied serious pressure on Goldsmith at the time to ensure that he advised in favor of invading Iraq.

"Peter [Goldsmith] did say in that original advice that as long as certain conditions were satisfied then war was legal, but it did not give an absolutely clear view which could be used by the military," the source said.

"The later summary was much clearer," the unnamed individual added.