Blair beschuldigde van het van brandstof voorzien van terrorisme en het ondermijnen van oorlog op armoede

Ben Russell en Nigel Morris

Tony Blair wordt beschuldigd vandaag van het van brandstof voorzien van terrorisme en het ondermijnen van de campagne tegen wereldarmoede met een reeks buitenlands beleidsfouten.

Een rapport door het Onderzoeksteam van Oxford (ORG), een denkgroep, waarschuwde ervoor dat de „oorlog op verschrikking“ de wereld gevaarlijker had gemaakt.

Een afzonderlijke studie door Oxfam waarschuwde ervoor dat de capaciteit van Groot-Brittannië om rechten van de mensmisbruiken te verhinderen door de invasie van Irak en een reeks andere buitenlands beleidsfouten was ondermijnd.

The charity said its workers worldwide had recorded a “disturbing trend towards anti-Britishism” fuelled by perceived double standards in UK foreign policy.

The ORG said levels of terrorism were rising, as was support for hardline Islamist ideology. It warned the chance of future outrages on the scale of 9/11 had increased in recent years.

Chris Abbott, the study’s lead author, said: “There is a clear and present danger in an increasingly marginalised majority living in an environmentally constrained world, where military force is more likely to be used to control the consequences of these divisions.”

“Add to this the disastrous effects of climate change, and we are looking at a highly unstable global system by the middle years of the century unless urgent action is taken now.”

Endorsing its conclusion, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said: “The real threat to global peace and stability lies in our failure to recognise our interdependence - that the well-being of the privileged depends on the well-being of the marginalised.”

Oxfam said it had to turn down British cash for its operations in Iraq and Lebanon in case it was seen as too closely aligned with government policy, and criticised the failure of ministers to call for a ceasefire in last year’s conflict in Lebanon. The report urged Britain to “rebalance” its relationship with Washington and help repair the damage that the Iraq invasion had inflicted on international relations.

Barbara Stocking, director of Oxfam, said: “Labour’s foreign policy has been at its best when it has been in tune with public opinion and international law.

“However, it is now clear that the invasion of Iraq, and the Government’s failure to stand up to all governments when they break international law and harm innocent people, have seriously damaged Britain’s capacity to be a force for good on the world stage.”

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