The Iraq war inquiry: will it call Blair to account?
Activer le mode zenAndy Beckett
"If you sit in the public seats at the Chilcot inquiry, one of the first things you notice is that the witnesses have their backs to you. There is a large television screen on one side of the surprisingly small, cold room, showing their testimony live; but you can watch that from home on the official website, so at first it feels a little disappointing to attend one of the long sessions and be presented, in the flesh, with only a rear view of the invaders of Iraq. From behind, one important man in a suit can seem much like another.
"And yet, as the air conditioning hums and the politicians and civil servants and soldiers lay out their elaborate defences, it becomes clear that this perspective does have its compensations. Each witness sits at the same bare desk, only a few feet away, in an exposing black chair like a Mastermind contestant. And each gives off their own little physical signals, deliberately or not."
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"The Iraq war inquiry: will it call Blair to account?", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), janvier 2010. Consulté le 20/09/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/the-iraq-war-inquiry-will-it-call-blair-to-account-