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Blair near miss
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On 21 May, Tony “Bomber” Blair narrowly escaped being killed by an Israeli missile – an irony-laden fate for such a staunch supporter of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
The former prime minister – who spearheaded the illegal invasion of Iraq, only to become a Middle East “peace envoy” (an irony we were unfortunately not denied) – was en route to Israel when two Israeli aircraft threatened to shoot down his jet.
The pilots were under the misapprehension that the aircraft was staging a terrorist attack, when its innocent passenger's intention was, of course, only to bring peace to the Middle East.