Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in an interview to CNN, acknowledged that the emergence of the terrorist organization Islamic State is one of the results of the invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of its president, Saddam Hussein, in 2003, Blair was one of the main initiators of this.
The former Prime Minister did this in response to a reporter's question about his thoughts about the fact that "people, while looking at the strengthening position of IS, point to the invasion of Iraq as the main reason." "I think that it is true. Of course, we can't say that those who ousted Saddam in 2003 do not bear responsibility for the situation in 2015," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
