Blair cancels book signing amid Iraq protest threat

"I have decided not to go ahead with the signing as I don't want the public to be inconvenienced by the inevitable hassle caused by protestors," Blair said in a statement on his website.
"I'm really sorry for those -- as ever the majority -- who would have come to have their books signed by me in person. I hope they understand."
Britain's Stop the War Coalition, which had threatened to stage a large demonstration outside a central London bookshop where Blair had been due to appear Wednesday, claimed victory.
Lindsey German, convener of Stop The War Coalition, said: "Blair was too frightened to appear at the book signing because he knows that the protests represent widespread opposition to his war-mongering.
"We will continue to demonstrate against him and believe he should be in court for war crimes.
"He refuses to apologise for the war and repeatedly justifies a future attack on Iran. He is a serial offender."
"A Journey", published on September 1, is an account of Blair's years leading the Labour party and a decade in power, during which he led Britain into wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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