A British police officer guards the house of the late British
government scientist Dr David Kelly in Southmoor, Oxfordshire, August
5, 2003, whose funeral is due to take place on August 6 at St Mary's
Church in Longworth. Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair's official
spokesman Tom Kelly admitted on Tuesday smearing Dr Kelly, whose
suicide over the case for war in Iraq sparked the worst crisis in
Blair's premiership. REUTERS/Peter Macdiarmid

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