Blair returns to growing backlash on Lebanon

Matthew Tempest and Oliver King
Wednesday August 2, 2006
Guardian Unlimited

Tony Blair flew back to Britain from the United States tonight to face a growing backlash in the Labour Party about his backing of George Bush's stance in the in the Israel-Lebanon conflict.

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In an interview with the Financial Times Mr Malloch Brown (UN second-in-command) said that the crisis between Israel and Lebanon could not be resolved by "the team that led on Iraq".

"This cannot be perceived as a US-UK deal with Israel," he added.

Mr Malloch Brown - who is British - said that the UK and US were poorly placed to broker a deal over Lebanon because of their role in bringing about war in Iraq.

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