The "Downing Street Memo" to David Manning from Matthew Rycroft on July 23rd 2002
Memo from Jack Straw To Tony Blair March 25, 2002
Straw admits case for war in Iraq is weak, and that there is no link between Iraq and Al Qaeda.Memo from Peter Rickets March 22 2002
This memo admits that Saddam had not accelerated his WMD program.Memo from Chris Meyer To David Manning March 18 2002
"I then went through the need to wrongfoot Saddam on the inspectors and the UN SORs and the critical importance of the MEPP as an integral part of the anti-Saddam strategy."David Manning Memo to Tony Blair on March 14 2002, describing his trip to the US.
IN this memo, Manning confirms that Condi Rice was committed to regime change in Iraq in 2002. The use of military force for regime change per se is illegal under international law and treaties to which the US is a signator.Memo from Overseas & Defense Secretariat March 8 2002
This memo admits that threat of WMD from Iraq had NOT increased.September 21, 2004 story confirming the above memos as being leaked to the Guardian.
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