Scarlett 'Asked Experts to Harden Weapons Hunt Report' (UK)

[floda]

Scarlett 'Asked Experts to Harden Weapons Hunt Report'

By Andrew Woodcock, Political Correspondent, PA News


The new head of secret intelligence service MI6 tried to persuade weapons inspectors in Iraq to harden up a report on their hunt for weapons of mass destruction, it was claimed today.

An unnamed member of the Iraqi Survey Group is quoted in the Mail on Sunday as saying John Scarlett suggested that their report should include details of claims about Saddam Hussein’s supposed arsenals – which had already been proven unreliable.

Mr Scarlett – who takes up his role as head of MI6 this week – sent a confidential email to the head of the ISG on March 8 this year with a list of 10 “golden nuggets” for possible inclusion in the report, it was claimed.

In the event, his suggestions were rejected, but pressure from the US and UK led to the ISG producing only a bland 20-page document rather than a detailed 200-page analysis of the failure of their 1,400-strong team to find any trace of WMD in Iraq, the Mail on Sunday said.


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[belle]

1. mmMMMMmmm, hardening weapons.

:eyes:

[bobthedrummer]

2. Well, it does appear that Her Majesty's Secret Service spied on UN

and wrecked plans to avoid war on Iraq by those seeking peace there.

UK spies on UN
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1143572,00.html

They never give peace a chance
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1148623,00.html

Bush and Blair made secret pact for Iraq war 9 days after 9/11.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1185438,00.html