Blair caught again: Extraordinary rendition

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7256587.stm


UK apology over rendition flights

David Miliband has admitted two US 'extraordinary rendition' flights landed on UK territory in 2002.

The foreign secretary said in both cases US planes refuelled on the UK dependent territory of Diego Garcia.

He said he was "very sorry" to have to say that previous denials made in "good faith" were now having to be corrected.

BBC world affairs correspondent Paul Reynolds said the revelations were "a serious embarrassment for the British government".

Former foreign secretary Jack Straw and former prime minister Tony Blair made statements in 2005, 2006 and 2007 saying there was no evidence that rendition flights had stopped on UK territory.
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Major embarrassment in Britain
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/21/ciarendition.usa1

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/21/ciarendition.usa

Full text
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/feb/21/foreignpolicy.davidmiliband