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Blair not to apologise over Iraq

By Hasan Suroor

LONDON, SEPT 14. In what is seen as by far the most explicit snub to his anti-war critics, the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has made clear that he will not apologise over his Iraq policy.

Mr. Blair, who is under pressure from MPs and Labour party activists to apologise for leading the country to war on a false pretext, said on Monday an apology would be "insincere and dishonest. "I cannot apologise for what I think about the world since September 11, or what I have done in the war against this vicious terrorism we face".

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