In Britain, calls are increasing for Prime Minister Tony Blair to make a full apology to the House of Commons over the way his government used faulty intelligence to make the case for war against Iraq. Yesterday the British government formally admitted that one of its main claims regarding Saddam Hussein’s threat to the world was false. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said yesterday that the government no longer stands behind its claim that Iraq had the ability to launch weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes. Opponents of the war in Britain are now calling on Blair to come before Parliament to answer questions about Iraq. One liberal Democrat said, “The Iraq Survey Group Report shows beyond doubt that we went to war in Iraq on a false premise. The Prime Minister must not avoid these questions any longer and he should not bypass Parliament.”