Help fight Iraq 'evil', urges Blair

The crisis in Iraq has now escalated into a fight between "good and evil", Tony Blair declared today.

He delivered an urgent plea for unity after two new explosions rocked Baghdad while Iraq's leaders were still reeling from yesterday's massacre of 170 innocent civilians.

The Prime Minister told the Commons they were " calculated acts of evil" and part of a ruthless campaign to stop the US-British coalition giving Iraq's people democracy.

"It is literally a fight between the forces of good and the forces of evil," he insisted.

He said foreign terrorists were "pouring" into Iraq from across the Middle East to frustrate the handover of power. They feared it would become a beacon for democracy to the rest of the world.

"They know what is at stake here and I just hope the rest of us do as well," he added.