Blair's Secret Notes of Support to Bush ; President Was Told He Had Uk's Support

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TONY Blair sent George Bush secret messages in the year before the invasion of Iraq assuring him Britain would "be there" if it came to military action, the inquiry into the war heard yesterday. Alastair Campbell, Mr Blair's controversial communications director, said the notes were regarded as so sensitive they were not circulated in Whitehall in the normal way.

However, he insisted that despite the then Prime Minister's "instinct" that he should be with the Americans, he remained committed to finding a diplomatic resolution to the crisis right up until the eve of invasion in March 2003.

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Blair's Secret Notes of Support to Bush ; President Was Told He Had Uk's Support

During five hours of testimony - two hours longer than scheduled - Mr Campbell mounted a robust defenc...

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