Clare Short
 Clare Short    (politician) | ||||||||||
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Resigned as International Development Secretary after being misled by Tony Blair over the 2003 Iraq War
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Clare Short is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Development from 1997 to 2003. A Labour Party Member of Parliament until 2006, when she resigned and stood as an Independent, Clare Short was MP for Birmingham Ladywood from 1983 to 2010.[1]
In the run-up to the 2003 Iraq War, Clare Short was threatening to resign as International Development Secretary unless approval was given by the UN Security Council for military action. On 18 March 2003, she withdrew the threat on Tony Blair's assurance that coalition forces would not occupy Iraq, and that United Nations peacekeeping troops were to be be deployed there.
The invasion began on 19 March 2003, and with no sign of any UN peacekeepers, Clare Short resigned from the UK Government on 12 May 2003.[2]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:The Woman who nearly Stopped the War | article | 19 March 2008 | Martin Bright | In January 2003 Katharine Gun, a translator at GCHQ, learned something so outrageous that she sacrificed her career to tell the truth. Martin Bright on a brave deed that should not be forgotten. |
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