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02/04/2004 Archived Entry: "More trouble for Bush's poodle"
More trouble for Bush's poodle
I think this guy has a great idea. Blair should publish his 'Iraq attack in 45 minutes' intelligence, to show once and for all he wasn't lying. Of course, he'd be run out of office when he had to go before the UK and announce there was nothing to publish, but still.....
The intelligence official whose revelations stunned the Hutton inquiry into the death of government scientist David Kelly has suggested that not a single defense intelligence expert backed Tony Blair's most contentious claims on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.As Mr Blair yesterday set up an inquiry into intelligence failures before the war, Brian Jones, the former leading expert on WMD in the Ministry of Defense, declared that Downing Street's dossier, a key plank in convincing the public of the case for war, was "misleading" about Saddam Hussein's chemical and biological capability.
Writing in today's Independent, Dr Jones, who was head of the nuclear, chemical and biological branch of the Defense Intelligence Staff until he retired last year, reveals that the experts failed in their efforts to have their views reflected.
Dr Jones says: "In my view, the expert intelligence analysts of the DIS were overruled in the preparation of the dossier back in September 2002, resulting in a presentation that was misleading about Iraq's capabilities."
He calls on the Prime Minister to publish the intelligence behind the Government's claims that Iraq was actively producing chemical weapons and could launch an attack within 45 minutes of an order to do so. He is "extremely doubtful" that anyone with chemical and biological weapons expertise had seen the raw intelligence reports and if they were made public, it would prove just how right he and his colleagues were to be concerned about the claims.
Replies: somebody speaks up.
tony blair makes me sad. the fact that our Tool-in-Chief is a worthless liar is bad enough, but a man who obviousely is in posession of a full adult reasoning, like blair, going along with an obvious lie is just sad.
the man thinks he's churchill, when in fact he is barely qualified to carry margaret thatcher's jock strap....
didnt he start off as a liberal? its just sad. looks like we are going to take the UK down with us...
Posted by justin @ 02/05/2004 02:35 PM NY
