Blair doesn't deny authenticity of Downing St. Memo/Minutes

[sabra]

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http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=3535387

Blair defends Iraq war, dismisses question on so-called Downing Street memo

(London-AP, June 29, 2005 9:44 AM) _ British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday defended the war in Iraq, and brushed off a new question about a government memo that suggested Washington had been determined to justify the invasion.

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British lawmaker Adam Price asked Blair in the Commons on Wednesday whether he believed Dearlove was a reliable source of information on Iraq.

"Is it safe to assume that Sir Richard's statement ... that the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy was an accurate assessment of the intentions and actions of the Bush administration?" Price asked.

Blair said the contents of that memo had already been covered by a high-level independent inquiry into the British government's case for war in Iraq.


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[sabra]

1. ....

[LightningFlash]

3. That says it all doesn't it....n/t

[sabra]

4. yeah, kind of weird?

[LightningFlash]

2. Time to sing you asshole Tony Blair......

....Time to sell out your PNAC friends, to lessen the amount of time in prison you'll be facing soon bucko.... :mad:

That's why you can't deny the lies.....They caught up with your ass, along with the Karma.

God bless Michael Smith of the British Press! :patriot:

[merbex]

5. Would that be a nondenial denial or a nonconfirmation

confirmation Tony,hmmm?

[SittingBull]

6. We went to UN

war was last resort...

All crap!

Does this stupid man believe we couldn't read???

[LiberalAndProud]

7. Resolution 1441 was also based on "fixed intelligence".

http://www.un.org/Docs/scres/2002/sc2002.htm
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Recognizing the threat Iraq’s non-compliance with Council resolutions and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles poses to international peace and security,
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Resolution 1441 explicitly defines a "first step" for Iraq.
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Noting that the letter dated 16 September 2002 from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq addressed to the Secretary-General is a necessary first step toward rectifying Iraq’s continued failure to comply with relevant Council resolutions,
Noting further the letter dated 8 October 2002 from the Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC and the Director-General of the IAEA to General Al-Saadi of the Government of Iraq laying out the practical arrangements, as a follow-up to their meeting in Vienna, that are prerequisites for the resumption of inspections in Iraq by UNMOVIC and the IAEA, and expressing the gravest concern at the continued failure by the Government of Iraq to provide confirmation of the arrangements as laid out in that letter,
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Iraq complied with this first step.
http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2003_07-08/inspectors_julaug03.asp
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UN weapons inspectors began their work in Iraq November 27 and left March 18. Iraq submitted a declaration containing information about its weapons of mass destruction December 7, as required by UN Security Council Resolution 1441. Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conducted 237 inspections at 148 sites, including 27 sites not previously inspected. UNMOVIC inspectors conducted 731 inspections at 411 sites, including 88 sites not previously inspected. Of those inspections, 22 percent were related to chemical weapons, 28 percent to biological weapons, and 30 percent to missiles. The remaining 20 percent were multidisciplinary inspections, involving experts from each disarmament area.
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Questions: Did the UN sanction the end of the "ceasefire"? If so, how does Resolution 1441 justify the end of the "ceasefire"?
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Recalling that in its resolution 687 (1991) the Council declared that a ceasefire would be based on acceptance by Iraq of the provisions of that resolution, including the obligations on Iraq contained therein,
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[Rainscents]

8. I hear, Rep. Conyers is going over to Britain to look at Original document

of DSM. Official Government is allowing for him to view it. I am not 100% positive, but this what I heard over this past weekend on AAR.