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Neil Abercrombie: “George W. Bush and Tony Blair probably knew that they were exaggerating the threat from Iraq when they were making the…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2004
George W. Bush and Tony Blair probably knew that they were exaggerating the threat from Iraq when they were making the case for war, according to former chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix. The U.S. President and the British Prime Minister ignored the few caveats and reports from intelligence services on Iraq's nuclear, chemical or biological weapon programs. He writes in his account of the months leading up to the U.S. invasion. Blix says it was Probable that the governments were conscious that they were exaggerating the risks they saw in order to get the political support they would not otherwise have had.
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the claims made by Bush and Blair regarding the threat from Iraq before the U.S. invasion.

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