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Ministers knew war papers were forged, says diplomat
(Andrew Buncombe and Raymond Whitaker, The Independent, 29 June 2003)
US official who identified documents incriminating Iraq as fakes says Britain must have been aware of findings . . . A high-ranking American official who investigated claims for the CIA that Iraq was seeking uranium to restart its nuclear programme last night accused Britain and the US of deliberately ignoring his findings to make the case for war against Saddam Hussein. . . . The retired US ambassador said it was all but impossible that British intelligence had not received his report - drawn up by the CIA - which revealed that documents, purporting to show a deal between Iraq and the west African state of Niger, were forgeries. When he saw similar claims in Britain's dossier on Iraq last September, he even went as far as telling CIA officials that they needed to alert their British counterparts to his investigation. . . . Asked if he felt his findings had been ignored for political reasons, he added: "It's an easy conclusion to draw." . . . The testimony of the former US diplomat further undermines the claims of both the British and US governments that Saddam had developed, or was developing, weapons of mass destruction. . . . The ex-diplomat says he is outraged by the way evidence gathered by the intelligence community was selectively used in Washington to support pre-determined policies and bolster a case for war.

posted by Lorenzo 5:34 PM