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Straw tight-lipped over Kelly`s death
Brussels, July 21: British Foreign Minster Jack Straw was tight-lipped today about the crisis surrounding the death of a government arms expert caught up in a row over whether Britain was justified in taking part in the US-led invasion of Iraq.
Brussels, July 21: British Foreign Minster
Jack Straw was tight-lipped today about the crisis
surrounding the death of a government arms expert caught up
in a row over whether Britain was justified in taking part in
the US-led invasion of Iraq.
"As you know a full judicial inquiry has been
established (..) it is more appropriate to allow that inquiry
to proceed," said Straw as he arrived in Brussels for a
two-day meeting of European Union foreign ministers.
As Straw arrived at the meeting a BBC journalist
attempted to challenge him on the government's role in the
affair, the most serious crisis for the governing Labour
Party administration since Prime Minister Tony Blair swept to
power in 1997.
"The BBC has admitted that Dr Kelly was in fact their source for this dossier, do you think only the BBC has questions to answer or does the government as well?" the journalist asked.
"The BBC has admitted that Dr Kelly was in fact their source for this dossier, do you think only the BBC has questions to answer or does the government as well?" the journalist asked.
Blair has said he will not resign over the crisis but has agreed to appear before the independent inquiry set up to try to establish the precise details surrounding Kelly's death. Bureau Report