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WMD did pose a threat
The Guardian ^ | Wednesday July 21, 2004 | William Shawcross

Posted on 07/20/2004 4:51:17 PM PDT by renotse

Tony Blair was quite right yesterday to say that it was "absurd" to claim that anyone reading the prewar intelligence reports could think that Iraq's weapons were not a problem. Last week, Lord Butler said in his important report there was no evidence of "deliberate distortion or culpable negligence" by the government. But he was critical of the way some intelligence was presented and that caveats had been omitted. In many cases, Butler was supportive. For example, he concluded that the assertion that Iraq had been trying to obtain uranium from an African country, Niger, was "well founded".

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: butlerreport; iraq; prewarintelligence; wmd

1 posted on 07/20/2004 4:51:20 PM PDT by renotse
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To: renotse
WMD did pose a threat ........and still do pose a threat!

This is far from over,......hello,....Philippine 'Islamic' Islands.....

:-(

2 posted on 07/20/2004 5:03:34 PM PDT by maestro
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