Iraq war 'fuelled terrorism'
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-05 13:45

The book reportedly singles out Blair and a number of British cabinet members for criticism, and reveals that in the build-up to war the prime minister had few dealings with the Foreign Office, where diplomats raised doubts about the conflict's legitimacy.

Meyer, who returned from Washington in February 2003 and now chairs the watchdog Press Complaints Commission in London, insisted he was still pro-war.

But he expressed concern about how it was conducted and the apparent lack of a coherent strategy following victory.

"One of the things that came to me when writing was how political the war was," he told The Guardian, which editorially opposed the invasion. "This wasn't just a war, it was a political war."