How
New Labour Spun the War
"Intelligence Remains Limited"
"Intelligence
on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles programmes
is sporadic and patchy".
Joint Intelligence Committee, 15 March, 2002, quoted in Butler Report
"We have
little intelligence on Iraq's chemical and biological weapons doctrine and
know little about Iraq's chemical and biological weapons work since late
1998"
Joint Intelligence Committee, 21 August, 2002, quoted in Butler Report
"Intelligence
remains limited".
Joint Intelligence Committee, 9 September 2002, Quoted in Butler Report
“The
wording of the 45-minute claim is rather strong since it is based on a single
source. Could we say 'intelligence suggests'?"
17 September 2002, an email sent by a member of the Defence Intelligence
Staff to the JIC assessment team quoted in the Butler Report
"I am aware, of course, that people will have
to take elements of this on the good faith of our intelligence services,
but this is what they are telling me, the British Prime Minister, and my
senior colleagues."
"The intelligence picture that they paint is
one accumulated over the last four years. It is extensive, detailed
and authoritative."
"It concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological
weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has existing
and active military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons,
which could be activated within 45 minutes, including against
his own Shia population, and that he is actively trying to acquire nuclear
weapons capability."
Tony Blair in the Commons on 24 September 2002
"The assessed intelligence has established beyond doubt that
Saddam has continued to produce chemical and biological weapons".
"I
am in no doubt that the threat is serious and current."
Tony
Blair, signed forward to Dodgy Dossier, 24 September 2002
"*Iraq
possesses extended range versions of the SCUD ballistic missile in breach
of UNSCR 676 which are capable of reaching Cyprus, Eastern Turkey, Iran and
Israel. It is also developing longer range ballistic missiles
*
Iraq’s Current Military Planning specifically envisages the use of chemical
and biological weapons
*
Iraq’s military forces are able to use command control and logistical
weapons arrangements in place. The Iraqi military are able to deploy these
weapons within 45 minutes of a decision to do so."
Dodgy Dossier, 24 September 2002.
"Brits
45 Mins from Doom"
The Sun, 25 September 2002, in a report about how
Iraq could hit Cyprus with ballistic missiles.
The
Second Dodgy Dossier published in February 2003
"Infrastructure of Concealment,
Deception and Intimidation"
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Downing
Street was forced to admit that its second dossier on Weapons of Mass Destruction
had largely been copied and pasted from a PHD thesis off the internet. The
true author, Dr al-Marashi expressed "surprise" at the lack of
a credit for his work. The number 10 spinsters had copied Al Marashi's punctuation
mistakes, but altered other parts to make it seem that Saddam Hussein had
links with Al-Quaida.
Tony Blair
presented the dossier to the House of Commons as the work of the intelligence
services.
