Blair Calls for 'Whole Middle East' Strategy, Pressure on Iran

LONDON, Nov. 13 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday that any solution to the Iraq crisis must involve a "whole Middle East" strategy that starts with addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and includes pressuring Iran to stop backing radical extremists across the region.

"Just as the situation is evolving, so our strategy has to evolve to meet it," Blair said in a foreign policy speech a day before he was to share his views in a videoconference with the Iraq Study Group, which is reviewing U.S. policy in Iraq.

	The "answer to Iraq" lies outside Iraq, Blair said. (Alastair Grant - AP) Save & Share Article What's This? Digg Google del.icio.us Yahoo! Reddit