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Britain to issue report on Iraqi WMD intelligence www.chinaview.cn 2004-07-14 09:46:33 LONDON, July 14 (Xinhuanet) -- A report on the role of the British intelligence in the investigation of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the run-up to the war with Iraq will be officially published on Wednesday. Lord Butler will publish his report at a news conference at 1230 BST (1130 GMT) on Wednesday, with British Prime Minister Tony Blair addressing the House of Commons on the issue at about 1330 BST (1230 GMT). Local media widely agree it will be a "difficult and testing time" for...

No 10 cleared on Iraq legal advice Butler report expected to say Downing Street did not lean on attorney general in run-up to war Nicholas Watt, political correspondent Tuesday July 13, 2004 The Guardian Downing Street is likely to be cleared of a damning accusation at the heart of the Iraq war - that senior figures leant on the attorney general to change his legal advice at the 11th hour to sanction the conflict. As No 10 announced that Tony Blair will be handed a copy of the Butler review into intelligence failings today, a consensus emerged at Whitehall last...