Britain's Tony Blair: Iraq war contributed to rise of IS
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LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has acknowledged that the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 was partly responsible for the emergence of the Islamic State militant group …