I’m ashamed when I think of my support for the grave crime that was the Iraq War
We now know that the Iraq War was based around lies and that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction. Photo: AP Photo/INA
Ian O'Doherty
This week marks the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest mistakes and gravest crimes in living memory.
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