Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair Testifies Before Iraq Inquiry

Tony Blair and Jack Straw in 2003, the year Britain and the US led the Iraq invasion. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

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LONDON -- At around 8:30 a.m. local time today, some 60 protesters started to muster outside central London's Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, waving placards declaring "Bliar" and "War Criminal." They were waiting for the arrival of the British anti-war movement's No. 1 enemy, former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was to give evidence at an official inquiry into the causes and conduct of the Iraq War.

But in the eight years since the U.K. joined the U.S.-led invasion, Blair has perfected the art of outfoxing angry Brits. The ex-prime minister was already safely inside the building by the time protesters began chanting "Blair lied, thousands died," and "Justice prevail, Blair in jail." He had arrived two hours earlier in a chauffeur-driven car, traveling, the anti-Blair Daily Mail noted, "under cover of darkness."

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