When Saddam hanged a British journalist in 1990, MI5 had the journalist smeared in the Sun, and the Mail agreed he was a spy. What did Blair say? I can find nothing.

Offers observations on the reaction of the British government to the 1990 execution of British journalist Farzad Bazoft by Iraq. Press support for the execution; Failure of Tony Blair to respond to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein until after the September 11 terrorist attacks; Characterization of British and United States attitudes toward Iraq as appeasement.