10 ways to sex up a dossier

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The Guardian

Close analysis shows the changes were intended to make the case for urgent action, and then to justify war

Lord Hutton will have 1,000 pages of documents and 23 days of oral testimony to consider in the next month or so as he prepares his report on the death of the weapons inspector Dr David Kelly.

While his focus will be on Dr Kelly's treatment at the hands of Whitehall, he will also scrutinise the wider issue of whether the government "sexed up" its Iraqi weapons dossier last September.

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A close analysis shows that these were far from simply presentational changes, as Downing Street claims. They were clearly inserted to make the case for the need for urgent action against Iraq, and then to justify war. On September 2 Iraq was a cause for concern but not for a military invasion. By September 24, the threat was painted in stark terms, that Britain and the west were in danger of being attacked.

Seems like Tony and W were looking for any excuse to go to war, even when they were claiming that war would be a last resort. Has there even been such deliberate lying by world leaders in recent memory to come up with a excuse to invade another country?

[Cappurr]

1. Tony Blair

sealed his doom when he teamed up with George Bush. If they both don't go down for this, there is something seriously wrong in this world.

[T_i_B]

2. Kick

Bliar Bliar pants on fire

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