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Blair is a war criminal: Mahathir Mohamad

by Sanjay Jha | August 1, 2008 at 03:08 am

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Just before the arrival of former British Prime minister Tony Blair, he has been called a War criminal by local Malaysian politician. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahatir Mohamad criticise Blair's arrival on mulim land and accused him of ravaging another Islamic country. Blair is coming to address a lecture on the "Rule of Law and Good Governance".

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has labelled former British Prime Minister Tony Blair a war criminal, and criticised the present government for extending an invitation to Blair to visit Malaysia.

"I am disgusted that Tony Blair has been invited to Malaysia. This man, to me, is a war criminal. Through instigating the war in Iraq, he has killed more than Radovan Karadzic and Saddam Hussein," said Mahathir at his office at the Petronas Twin Towers.

"Saddam has been hanged, Karadzic was recently arrested but this man goes around the world, lecturing on the rule of law," The New Strait Times quoted him as saying further.

Blair is to deliver a lecture here today on the "Rule of Law and Good Governance". The 22nd Sultan Azlan Shah Law Lecture has been an annual event of the Universiti Malaya since 1986.