Blair Pressured Officials to Shield Soldiers After Iraqi Death

National Archives documents reveal Tony Blair ignored warnings about a disastrous speech and briefly considered overthrowing Robert Mugabe. These files also show Blair pressured officials to shield British soldiers from civil courts after the 2003 death of Baha Mousa in custody.Internal notes from the era detail how advisers pushed for a political tone that led to Blair being heckled by the Women's Institute while he simultaneously sought to avoid International Criminal Court involvement in military cases.