Blair Alone After Bush WMD Move

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Inquiry leaves PM facing climbdown


George Bush is to establish a full blown investigation into the Anglo-American failure to uncover weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, piling the pressure on Tony Blair, who used Saddam Hussein's banned arsenal to justify last year's war.

Amid growing jitters in government circles in London, the White House announced last night that President Bush would sign an executive order to set up the investigation into intelligence failures in Iraq.

His action, which will pre-empt a possible inquiry by the US Congress, was coordinated with Tony Blair, who will face intense pressure to follow the White House's lead.

While Downing Street made it clear yesterday that it would resist such calls, the prime minister will prepare the ground for a climbdown this week when he acknowledges the need to come clean about the failure to uncover any banned weapons.

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