Meanwhile, Great Britain’s High Court ruled Monday that former Prime Minister Tony Blair should not face prosecution for leading the U.K. into the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The court’s chief justice declared there was no “crime of aggression” in English law under which Blair could be charged. The ruling came despite a 2016 report that found Blair deliberately exaggerated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein in the lead-up to war and that intelligence agencies warned Blair that the invasion would increase the threat posed by al-Qaeda and other militant groups.
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