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19 hours ago ago from k'telontour of the World

BLiar received two secret intelligence reports saying that Saddam Hussein did not have working weapons of mass destruction just days before ordering the invasion of Iraq. Sir John Scarlett , the former chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee , told the official inquiry into the war yesterday that the Prime Minister then did not respond to the reports, which had crucial military significance. He also distanced himself from Mr Blair’s ...

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Blair claim on Iraq WMDs was overtly political, Scarlett tells inquiry

5 hours ago ago from Open Your Eyes News

Guardian Former spy chief says it was not his place to change then PM's foreword to discredited intelligence dossier. The government's spy chief at the time of the invasion of Iraq distanced himself today from Tony Blair's claim that intelligence had established beyond doubt that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. Sir John Scarlett, then chairman of the joint intelligence committee (JIC), said in evidence to the Chilcot ...

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Blair's Abomination Lie's

12 hours ago ago from With God

The disgraced ex British Prime Minister liar Tony Blair ‘disregarded crucial reports on Iraq war’ Tony Blair the man who made himself millions from the Iraq war, known now to be a liar, cheat, and totally untrustworthy as the devil himself hides away and behind his new man of faith?. Faith in his own greed? Blair received two secret intelligence reports saying that Saddam Hussein did not have working weapons of mass destruction just days ...

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“The Forgotten War”: Part II

3 hours ago ago from Daniel R. DePetris: The Political Docket

With America’s trials and tribulations in war-torn Afghanistan continuing to dominate the headlines, we must not forget that over 100,000 U.S. soldiers remain in Iraq.  Likewise, we must never forget why the United States decided to launch a preemptive invasion of Iraq in the first place. The only problem is that the U.S. Government seems interested in burying the truth and forgetting about the run-up to America’s worst war blunder since ...

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Selling the Afghan Surge

23 hours ago ago from The Duck of Minerva

As you might expect, I've had a number of conversations with friends and colleagues about the prospects for the so-called "Afghan surge." Boosters like to point to the alleged success of the Iraq surge, but many of them ignore some salient points. For example, the U.S. also changed its military tactics in Iraq even as it implemented the surge. The military embraced counterinsurgency tactics , something it had been reluctant to do since ...

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U.K. Believed Iraqi Weapons Had Been Dismantled

14 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

The U.K. believed Iraq had dismantled its chemical and biological weapons in the run-up to the 2003 invasion, but thought it was possible they could be reassembled, the former head of the country's Joint Intelligence Committee said Tuesday. View Full Image Reuters Former head of the Joint Intelligence Committee, John Scarlett, addressed an inquiry into British involvement in the Iraq conflict, in London on Tuesday. ...

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