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Hiding something else

by Chris Ames posted at 2008-11-28 13:42 last modified 2008-11-28 13:42

Here's another astonishingly blatant non-answer - or non denial - from the Foreign Office concerning the involvement of spin doctors in drafting the dossier:

John Baron MP asked "the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the draft of the Iraq dossier by Mr. John Williams dated 9 September 2002, whether (a) Mr. Williams and (b) any other communications official contributed further drafting material."

Foreign Office minister Bill Rammell replied:

The Iraq Dossier by Mr. John Williams was written solely by Mr. Williams.

Given that Baron had asked about "further drafting", Rammell's reply could not have been a more blatant refusal to answer the question had he said: "I refuse to answer the question".

So did the spin doctors sex-up the dossier after the Williams draft?

An illegal war - unofficial

by Chris Ames posted at 2008-11-18 13:59 last modified 2008-11-18 13:59

Lord Bingham, a retired law lord, has called the invasion of Iraq "a serious violation of international law" and compared it to an act of vigilatism.

I've done a piece on this for Comment is Free, arguing that at least vigilantes act in good faith, which is more than can be said for Blair and co.

The government is still unwilling/unable to say when an inquiry will be possible, even as it plans to withdraw most troops from Iraq.


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