At a Downing Street reception not long ago, a guest had the temerity to ask Tony Blair: "How do you sleep at night, knowing that you've been responsible for the deaths of 100,000 Iraqis?" The Prime Minister is said to have retorted: "I think you'll find it's closer to 50,000."
-- Blood on his hands; by John Kampfner for the New Statesman, 7 Aug 2006.
Photo: A Palestinian man demonstrates against British Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit to the West Bank city of Ramallah; September 10, 2006 (REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini)