http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9125.htm
Bombshell As Six More British Documents Leaked
06/13/05 - - Six new secret British documents have been leaked and
are provided below. These were retyped from the originals to protect
the source, RawStory.com has verified the authenticity .
Iraq options paper: Full text
The following, titled "IRAQ OPTIONS PAPER," was prepared and dated
March 8, 200. It presents possible courses to war. Continued
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British foreign secretary Straw says case for Iraq is weak
he following is purported to have been penned by the British Foreign
Secretary Jack Straw--U.S. equivalent of Secretary of
State--concerning a possible war in Iraq. Straw indicates the case
for war is weak; that the Iraq situation has remained unchanged; and
that the United States would not have gone to war without September
11. Continued.
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Condi committed to regime change in early 2002
The following, is purported to be written by Blair foreign policy
advisor David Manning, indicates that now-Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice was committed to "regime change" in early 2002. It
also outlines some problems a postwar Iraq might face. Continued
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Iraq: The British legal background
The following was said prepared as an Iraq legal background for war.
It is not dated. Continued
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9128.htm
'What has changed is not the pace of Saddam's WMD programs'
06/13/05 - - This memorandum, said from Blair political director
Peter Ricketts and dated Mar. 22, 2002, indicates the challenges that
an Iraq war would face. It indicates that it would have been carbon
copied to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell and President George
W. Bush. "The truth is that what has changed is not the pace of
Saddam Hussein's WMD programmes," the document says. Continued
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9129.htm
'The need to wrongfoot Saddam on the inspectors'
The following is said from Christopher Meyer, British ambassador to
the US from 1997 through February 2003, and dated in March of 2002.
Strikingly, the document speaks of a "need to wrongfoot Saddam on the
inspectors" and suggests British intelligence and diplomacy draws a
great deal on articles written by Sy Hersh in the New Yorker. It also
describes a meeting with then-Deputy Secretary of Defense, Paul
Wolfowitz. Continued.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9130.htm
UK: Ministers were told of need for Gulf war 'excuse'
Bush and Blair agreed on regime change in April 2002 and then looked
for a way to justify it.
Michael Smith
06/12/05 "The Times" - MINISTERS were warned in July 2002 that
Britain was committed to taking part in an American-led invasion of
Iraq and they had no choice but to find a way of making it legal. The
briefing paper is certain to add to the pressure, particularly on the
American president, because of the damaging revelation that Bush and
Blair agreed on regime change in April 2002 and then looked for a way
to justify it.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9111.htm
Leaked Cabinet Office paper: Conditions for military action
PERSONAL SECRET UK EYES ONLY
IRAQ: CONDITIONS FOR MILITARY ACTION (A Note by Officials)
Agree to engage the US on the need to set military plans within a
realistic political strategy, which includes identifying the
succession to Saddam Hussein and creating the conditions necessary to
justify government military action
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9112.htm
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