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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is under pressure following the apparent suicide of Iraq weapons expert David Kelly [6]. An intensely private individual, Kelly came under public scrutiny and was grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament [7] to see if he might be the whistleblower alleged to have told BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan [8] that Blair's government had "sexed up" its September dossier on Iraqi weapons. A judicial inquiry [6] into Kelly's death is expected.
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/13916/sheldon-rampton
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations/crisis-management
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/war-peace/iraq
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/international
[5] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2003%2F07%2F2072%2Fkellys-suicide&linkname=Kelly%27s%20Suicide
[6] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3076869.stm
[7] http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmfaff/uc1025-i/uc102502.htm
[8] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3513561&thesection=news&thesubsection=world
[9] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3079927.stm