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THE ASSESSMENT OF THE BRITISH
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[September, 2002]

 

... What I believe the assessed intelligence has established beyond doubt is that Saddam has continued to produce chemical and biological weapons, that he continues in his efforts to develop nuclear weapons, and that he has been able to extend the range of his ballistic missile programme. I also believe that, as stated in the document, Saddam will now do his utmost to try to conceal his weapons from UN inspectors.

The picture presented to me by the JIC [Joint Intelligence Committee] in recent months has become more not less worrying. It is clear that, despite sanctions, the policy of containment has not worked sufficiently well to prevent Saddam from developing these weapons.

I am in no doubt that the threat is serious and current, that he has made progress on WMD, and that he has to be stopped.

Saddam has used chemical weapons, not only against an enemy state, but against his own people. Intelligence reports make clear that he sees the building up of his WMD capability, and the belief overseas that he would use these weapons, as vital to his strategic interests, and in particular his goal of regional domination. And the document [this dossier] discloses that his military planning allows for some of the WMD to be ready within 45 minutes of an order to use them.

Tony Blair in the forward to his "dodgy dossier" from September of 2002


Text of Tony Blair's so-called "dodgy dossier" (PDF)
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Tony Blair and the lessons of the Chilcot inquiry
The Guardian - ‎Jan 31, 2010‎
On at least two crucial points, the Chilcot inquiry allowed Tony Blair to get away with murder (Righteous, responsible but no regrets: Blair's day in the ...


Campbell at loggerheads with BBC for grilling over Iraq Inquiry
Independent - Andrew Grice - ‎Feb 7, 2010‎
Mr Campbell, who was assured and unrepentant during a five-hour grilling by the Iraq Inquiry last month, became emotional during his appearance on The ...


Clare Short gets her day in Iraq Inquiry spotlight
BBC News - Peter Biles - ‎Feb 5, 2010‎
Around nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, the posse of press photographers outside the Iraq Inquiry glimpsed Clare Short striding purposefully ...


Blair Quotes at Britain's Iraq Inquiry
New York Times - ‎Jan 29, 2010‎
By AP ''I think that he was a monster, I believe he threatened not just the regime but the world ... Even if you look back now it was better to deal with ...


Slap the cuffs on Tony Blair
Socialist Worker Online - ‎24 minutes ago‎
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Debating the Iraq inquiry
Aljazeera.net - ‎Jan 29, 2010‎
Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, has told an inquiry into the Iraq war that he has "no regrets" about removing Saddam Hussein, ...


Jack Straw faces UK Iraq inquiry again
ABC Online - Rachael Brown - ‎8 hours ago‎
Mr Straw has appeared for the second time at the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war. He denied wilfully ignoring legal advice ahead of the Iraq war, ...


Iraq inquiry: No deal in blood, says Jonathan Powell
BBC News - ‎Jan 18, 2010‎
Britain gave "no undertaking in blood to go to war in Iraq" in March 2002, Tony Blair's former chief of staff has told the Iraq Inquiry. ...


Tony Blair at the Iraq inquiry - your views
BBC News - ‎Jan 28, 2010‎
When I saw that there would be a ballot for tickets to see Tony Blair appear before the Iraq Inquiry I entered, not thinking for a minute that I would get a ...


Gordon Brown 'guillotined' defence budget, Chilcot inquiry told
The Guardian - ‎Feb 3, 2010‎
Sir Kevin Tebbit, former permanent secretary at the Ministry of Defence from 1998 to 2005, made the allegation in evidence to the Chilcot inquiry. ...


Defence chiefs feared lack of equipment on eve of Iraq invasion, Chilcot ...
The Guardian - ‎Feb 1, 2010‎
He told the Iraq inquiry: "We made it absolutely clear to ministers that if we were not allowed to engage with industry — and that was the critical element ...


Iraq war was illegal, top lawyer will tell Chilcot inquiry
The Guardian - ‎Jan 23, 2010‎
Tony Blair's decision to take Britain to war in Iraq was illegal, the Foreign Office's former chief legal adviser will tell the Chilcot inquiry this week. ...


Iraq inquiry: 45-minute weapon claim 'new' to Hoon
BBC News - ‎Jan 19, 2010‎
The ex-defence secretary told the Iraq inquiry he had asked his officials for an explanation of what it meant. They told him it referred to battlefield ...


Papers dissect Tony Blair's evidence at Iraq inquiry
BBC News - ‎Jan 29, 2010‎
The paper reckons he "brought trouble on himself by failing to show the contrition" his detractors wanted. But it says the inquiry "largely failed to breach ...


Iraq inquiry: 45-minute claim 'asking for trouble'
BBC News - ‎Jan 20, 2010‎
Claiming Iraq had weapons of mass destruction which could be used within 45 minutes in a dossier was "asking for trouble", the Iraq inquiry has heard. ...


Rousing Britain: Chilcot Reveals Democracy's Fallacy
Pacific Free Press - Gilad Atzmon - ‎15 hours ago‎
by Gilad Atzmon The more I read about the Chilcot inquiry the more disturbed I am. The fallacy imbued in the heart of British 'democracy' is staggering. ...


Chilcot inquiry: Gordon Brown accused of cutting defence budget after Iraq ...
The Guardian - ‎Feb 3, 2010‎
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Chilcot inquiry and citizen's arrests
The Guardian - ‎Jan 27, 2010‎
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Graeme Davies: Why the British public doesn't want our troops to fight ...
Yorkshire Post - ‎6 hours ago‎
... the military action to be legitimised by the support of international organisations, itself a key bone of contention for the ongoing Chilcot inquiry. ...


Iraq inquiry: Lack of vital equipment hurt British army operations
The Guardian - ‎Jan 25, 2010‎
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'Iraq inquiry won't bring my son back'
Times Online - ‎Jan 28, 2010‎
This morning I will be going to an SSAFA support group for bereaved families and in the afternoon I will go to the Chilcot inquiry. ...


Ex-MI6 chief likely to give evidence to Chilcot inquiry behind closed doors
The Guardian - ‎Jan 30, 2010‎
Crucial evidence to the Iraq inquiry by Sir Richard Dearlove, the head of MI6 at the time of the 2003 invasion, is likely to be heard in private. ...


Churchill's Crimes & Chilcot Inquiry on Iraq War
MWC News - Gideon Polya - ‎Feb 6, 2010‎
Yet Sir Martin Gilbert, an eminent UK historian and member of the current UK Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War, made no mention of Churchill's WW2 Bengali ...


Chilcot inquiry: panel member claims antisemitism after impartiality queried
The Guardian - ‎Jan 28, 2010‎
Sir Martin Gilbert has attacked articles in the Independent and Independent on Sunday that he claims questioned his inclusion on the Iraq inquiry's panel ...


Chilcot Inquiry: Finally, someone was giving it a bit of welly
Daily Mail - Quentin Letts - ‎Feb 2, 2010‎
Unlike so many of the other cautious Clives who have appeared before the Iraq Inquiry, biting on their clever tongues, playing the see-nothing-hear-nothing ...




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