Ex-minister says UK Cabinet was “misled” about legality of Iraq war
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Clare Short, the United Kingdom’s then-Secretary of State for International Development, appeared before the Iraq Inquiry yesterday, and told the panel that the Cabinet was “misled” about the Iraq War’s legality prior to the 2003 invasion. The three-hour session was held in the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London‘s City of Westminster. Short, an outspoken critic of the war, retired from the cabinet to become an independent MP two monthsContinue reading