Repères 04/09/06 - C'est Tony Blair qui le dit : aucun mort civil du à l'invasion en Irak

House of COMMONS - MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE LIAISON COMMITTEE - THE PRIME MINISTER Tuesday 4 July 2006

"...Q427 Mr Leigh: Prime Minister, you are not surely suggesting to this Committee that the ordinary life of Iraqis has in any conceivable way been improved in terms of their personal security? These are not politicians, not the people you talk to. Do you accept that tens of thousands of Iraqis are now dead as a result of this invasion?

Mr Blair: Well, hang on a minute, they are not dead as a result of the invasion or the removal of Saddam. They are dead as the result of the activities of a criminal minority who want to stop the majority getting the democracy they want..."