UK inquiry on Iraq to hear from scientist's widow

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LONDON, Aug. 31 — An official inquiry will hear evidence on Monday from the widow of a British weapons expert who killed himself after being dragged into a vicious row with Tony Blair's government over the case for war in Iraq.

The widow of David Kelly, who committed suicide in July after being named as the source for a BBC report accusing the government of exaggerating the Iraqi threat, will give a poignant insight into her husband's state of mind hours before he died.

Kelly's death plunged Blair into the worst crisis of his six-year premiership and triggered a potentially explosive inquiry which has delved into details about how his government made its case for war in Iraq and how it treated Kelly.

The quietly spoken scientist was grilled by a parliamentary committee on July 15 over his unauthorised meeting with a BBC journalist. Two days after the occasionally hostile questioning, he slashed his wrist in woods near his home.

An inquiry spokesman said Janice Kelly, 58, and her daughter Rachel were expected to go in person to the central London Royal Courts of Justice, where the inquiry is being held, but may give evidence via video link from a separate room.

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Link: http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters08-31-061253.asp?reg=MIDEAST

Hope she holds up ok, and kicks Blair and his government squarely in the nuts!!!

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.....that Tony Blair is responsible for this man's death?

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Either directly or indirectly.

he made the decision to make David Kelly's name public. Blair's behavior during this whole sad tragedy is disgraceful.