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The peace movement didn't stop the Iraq but I think that Blair would not be able to go along and support an Iranian war.

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Tony Benn
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: April 3
Died: 2014
Died: March 14
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Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn
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