Blair, Murdoch Spoke Three Times In Run-Up To Iraq War

BLAIR, MURDOCH SPOKE THREE TIMES IN RUN-UP TO IRAQ WAR
[SOURCE: Dow Jones]
In final days leading up to the Iraq war, then-prime minister Tony Blair spoke three times with media mogul Rupert Murdoch, whose newspapers and broadcast outlets were among the strongest supporters of launching the war, the government has revealed. The government, in responding to a freedom of information request filed by an opposition lawmaker, didn't say what Blair and Murdoch discussed in the three telephone conversations. But the timing of them is likely to renew speculation about the extent of Murdoch's influence in the former UK government. Murdoch's UK newspapers - including The Sun and The Times - had been crucial supporters of Blair since he took office in 1997, and were staunch supporters of the Iraq war.
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