No. 10 cover-up over Iraq invasion, Leaked documents reveal
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/22/iraq-invasion-no10-cover-up
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Blair had in effect promised George Bush that he would join the US-led invasion when, as late as July 2002, he was denying to MPs that preparations were being made for military action. The leaked documents reveal that "from March 2002 or May at the latest there was a significant possibility of a large-scale British operation".
Military commanders are expected to tell the inquiry into the Iraq war, which opens on Tuesday, that the invasion was ill-conceived and that preparations were sabotaged by Tony Blair's government's attempts to mislead the public.
They were so shocked by the lack of preparation for the aftermath of the invasion that they believe members of the British and US governments at the time could be prosecuted for war crimes by breaching the duty outlined in the Geneva convention to safeguard civilians in a conflict, the Guardian has been told.
Military commanders are expected to tell the inquiry into the Iraq war, which opens on Tuesday, that the invasion was ill-conceived and that preparations were sabotaged by Tony Blair's government's attempts to mislead the public.
They were so shocked by the lack of preparation for the aftermath of the invasion that they believe members of the British and US governments at the time could be prosecuted for war crimes by breaching the duty outlined in the Geneva convention to safeguard civilians in a conflict, the Guardian has been told.
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samthesixth
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Does anyone remember the gassing of the Kurds? The rape rooms run by Saddam's son? The public execution of political prisoners? The funding of Palestinian terrorists?
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samthesixth
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bansheewail
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When will these criminals be punished? How much "truth" has to come out? How much blood has to spill? How much fear has to be stoked? How much money has to be spent (or made)? There was no plan from the beginning for there to be an end to this. The "War on Terror" is just a catch phrase for a perpetual profit-driven conflict funded by public resources between two extremist theocracies.
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bansheewail
