- On October 19, 2007, UK ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran of backing
terrorism and warned the world faces a situation akin to "rising fascism
in the 1920s". Mr Blair told a charity event in New York that Iran was
prepared to destabilise peaceful countries. In his first major speech since
leaving office, Mr Blair again defended the decision to go to war in Iraq.
Gordon Brown was accused on August 28, 2007, of being unrealistic in his determination
to sustain Britain's twin-track military strategy in both Iraq and Afghanistan
despite growing concern that the armed forces are seriously over-stretched.
In the wake of a spate of criticisms of the lawless state of the four southern
Iraqi provinces which are under British oversight, the foreign secretary,
David Miliband, insisted that UK military deployments will be based "on
the situation on the ground in Basra, not the situation on the ground in Baghdad".
- On October 19, 2007, UK ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran of backing
terrorism and warned the world faces a situation akin to "rising fascism
in the 1920s". Mr Blair told a charity event in New York that Iran was
prepared to destabilise peaceful countries. In his first major speech since
leaving office, Mr Blair again defended the decision to go to war in Iraq.