Iraq/WMD
 Iraq/WMD  (Propaganda, Casus belli)   | |
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| Interest of | • Office of Special Plans • Operation Mass Appeal |
To ease public acceptance of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, the US and UK governments promoted the mendacious claim that Iraq had "weapons of mass destruction". This was later discovered to be a deception.
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Dodgy Dossier
- Full article: Dodgy Dossier
- Full article: Dodgy Dossier
The Dodgy Dossier was a dossier of "sexed up" evidence purporting to show that Iraq had "WMD". It was concocted as part of Operation Mass Appeal by MI6.
Legal action
As of 2019, no one has been held legally responsible for the lies about Iraq's WMDs.
Saleh v. Bush
- Full article: Saleh v. Bush
- Full article: Saleh v. Bush
In 2010 Sundus Shaker Saleh took legal action against some member of the US government who had instigated the invasion, arguing that the casus belli was fraudulent, as. In 2016, the USDOJ refused to accept the Chilcot Report as part of the evidence supporting the lawsuit. In 2017 judge Susan Graber gave the defendants a blanket immunity from prosecution under the Westfall Act.
Related Quotations
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| David Aaronovitch | “If nothing is eventually found, I – as a supporter of the war – will never believe another thing that I am told by our government, or that of the US ever again. And, more to the point, neither will anyone else. Those weapons had better be there somewhere.” | David Aaronovitch | |
| Nigel Inkster | “Suskind said that at the beginning of 2003 MI6 sent one of its top agents, Michael Shipster, to the region. Mr Shipster held secret meetings in Jordan with Tahir Jalil Habbush, the head of Iraqi Intelligence. The meetings were confirmed by Nigel Inkster, former assistant director of MI6. Inkster also confirmed that Habbush told Shipster that there were no illicit weapons in Iraq. Mr Inkster refused to comment last night.” | Nigel Inkster | 6 August 2008 |
| Lowell Jacoby | “Saddam Hussein appears determined to retain his WMD and missile programs...Iran and Iraq have active nuclear programs and could have nuclear weapons within the decade.” | Lowell Jacoby | 11 February 2003 |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Former MI6 chief behind faked “evidence” for Iraq war leading anti-China Wuhan lab conspiracy | Article | 10 June 2021 | Julie Hyland | President Biden's intelligence service order relating to the Wuhan lab leak theory was issued the same day that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, gave evidence before a parliamentary committee in which he confirmed a government policy to allow tens of thousands to die from Covid-19. |
