Intelligence and Security Committee report

[kiltboy 0]

Hey all the UK Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) have released the report into how the UK intelligence assesments were used to argue for the Iraq invasion.

I've not read the report itself but I know folks here like to read sourced material so I figured I'd share.

First the BBC report

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3101364.stm

The actual report

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http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/reports/isc/

David

[turtlespeed 226]

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Hey all the UK Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) have released the report into how the UK intelligence assesments were used to argue for the Iraq invasion.

I've not read the report itself but I know folks here like to read sourced material so I figured I'd share.

First the BBC report

Quote

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3101364.stm

The actual report

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http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/reports/isc/

David

First BBC Report

Actual Report

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[kiltboy 0]

Thanks for that.
I've been getting qoute happy lately.

David

[PhillyKev 0]

Key quote from the BBC report:

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Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Paul Keetch said the government should have given the whole intelligence picture, not just the evidence which backed its case for war.

[kiltboy 0]

Yeah I saw that.

The debate prior to the invasion/assault was spirited and two members of the cabinet resigned over the government position.

However in the interest of fairness

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The report says September's key dossier was not "sexed up", but it adds that ahead of the war Mr Blair was told the threat from al-Qaeda and allied terrorist groups would be made worse by invading Iraq.

The prime minister, who has repeatedly argued that disarming Iraq was needed to stop terrorists getting chemical or biological weapons, told the ISC he had acknowledged the dangers but argued inaction posed greater risks.

Tony was making a choice to remove what he perceived to be a future threat. It may not have been sexed up but it was certainly written with a goal in mind.

David