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It's time for a new war crimes tribunal

 
 
JTT
 
Reply Tue 19 Dec, 2006 08:04 pm
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Diplomat's suppressed document lays bare the lies behind Iraq war

By Colin Brown and Andy McSmith
Published: 15 December 2006

The Government's case for going to war in Iraq has been torn apart by the publication of previously suppressed evidence that Tony Blair lied over Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.

A devastating attack on Mr Blair's justification for military action by Carne Ross, Britain's key negotiator at the UN, has been kept under wraps until now because he was threatened with being charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act.

In the testimony revealed today Mr Ross, 40, who helped negotiate several UN security resolutions on Iraq, makes it clear that Mr Blair must have known Saddam Hussein possessed no weapons of mass destruction. He said that during his posting to the UN, "at no time did HMG [Her Majesty's Government] assess that Iraq's WMD (or any other capability) posed a threat to the UK or its interests."

Mr Ross revealed it was a commonly held view among British officials dealing with Iraq that any threat by Saddam Hussein had been "effectively contained".

He also reveals that British officials warned US diplomats that bringing down the Iraqi dictator would lead to the chaos the world has since witnessed. "I remember on several occasions the UK team stating this view in terms during our discussions with the US (who agreed)," he said.


http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2076137.ece

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LoneStarMadam
 
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Reply Tue 19 Dec, 2006 08:12 pm
What did saddam use to kill a village of people with? Sling shots? Conventional weapons? nooo, he used WMDs, so to say he didn't have them is a lie, something the independent is very good at.
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Roxxxanne
 
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Reply Tue 19 Dec, 2006 08:37 pm
LoneStarMadam wrote:
What did saddam use to kill a village of people with? Sling shots? Conventional weapons? nooo, he used WMDs, so to say he didn't have them is a lie, something the independent is very good at.



WTF? Saddam killed the Village People? Damn!
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Tue 19 Dec, 2006 08:49 pm
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JTT
 
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Reply Tue 19 Dec, 2006 09:19 pm
LoneStarMadam wrote:
What did saddam use to kill a village of people with? Sling shots? Conventional weapons? nooo, he used WMDs, so to say he didn't have them is a lie, something the independent is very good at.


Another song, Dys, Roxxanne, this one by Simon and Garfunkel. Remember it; "Still Delusional After All These Years".
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