Tony Blair told ‘days before Iraq invasion’ WMD had been dismantled

Juan Cole 11/25/2009

Iraq inquiry: Tony Blair told ‘days before invasion’ WMD had been dismantled – Telegraph

What I remember is that knowledgeable inspectors and expatriate Iraq scientists were saying this all through 2002 and into early 2003.

Here is Imad Khadduri’s piece from that winter: “Iraq has no N-weapons, claims expatriate scientist 06/01/2003. (Via my posting, at the time at IC.

Bush, Cheney, Blair and the gang knew they were lying. They were just confident that they could run out the clock on the truth.

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About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan and an adjunct professor, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University. He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Follow him at @jricole.