The second Gulf War 'need not have been', Ann Clwyd says

The second Gulf war could have been prevented if Western allies had toppled Saddam Hussein a decade earlier, according to a veteran Welsh Labour MP.

Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd was speaking on the 25th anniversary of the invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces.

The occupation led to the first Gulf war in 1991 but Saddam Hussein remained in power until the second war more than 10 years later.

Ms Clwyd, who sits on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, was former prime minister Tony Blair's special envoy to Iraq.