Howard orders report on prewar Iraqi intelligence

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BAGHDAD'S THREAT: The prime minister's move came after a parliamentary report called for an independent inquiry into the performance of the intelligence agencies

AP , CANBERRA
Tuesday, Mar 02, 2004,Page 5

Australian Prime Minister John Howard ordered a fresh investigation into prewar intelligence on Iraq, despite a parliamentary report yesterday that broadly cleared his government of exaggerating the threat of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

The parliamentary panel did issue some criticism, saying that government ministers sometimes did not mention the same caution expressed by intelligence agencies about the size of Iraq's arsenal and the speed with which it could be deployed.

The 98-page report introduced in the national Parliament yesterday said Canberra was "more moderate" than coalition partners Britain and the US in its claims about the threat of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's weapons programs before invading Iraq.

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