UK halts publication of Iraq book

[dArKeR]

A controversial fly-on-the wall account of the Iraq war by one of Britain's most senior former diplomats has been blocked by Downing Street and the Foreign Office.

Publication of The Cost of War by Sir Jeremy Greenstock, UK ambassador to the UN during the build-up to the 2003 war and the Prime Minister's special envoy to Iraq in its aftermath, has been halted. In an extract seen by these correspondents, Greenstock describes the US decision to go to war as "politically illegitimate"and says that UN negotiations "never rose over the level of awkward diversion for the US administration." Although he admits that "honorable decisions" were made to remove the threat of Saddam, the opportunities of the post-conflict period were "dissipated in poor policy analysis and narrow-minded execution."

Regarded as a career diplomat of impeccable integrity, during his time in post-invasion Iraq, Greenstock became disillusioned with the Coalition Provisional Authority, led by Paul Bremer. Their relationship had deteriorated by the time Greenstock returned to Britain.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/07/18/2003263982
At least Blair/Bush didn't "suicide" Greenstock!

[Hissyspit]

1. The truth will out. Censorship ultimately doesn't work.

Maybe he'll publish it in another country.

[despairing optimist]

3. Not only what you said, but now the book will probably gross millions more

than it would have originally raked in. As Madonna says, there's no such thing as bad publicity.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. WTF? Aren't they proud of their grand victory over Saddam??

Why would the thoughts of one little guy cause them any heartburn?
:sarcasm: