Blair turned a blind eye to Iraq intelligence - Davey
Commenting on evidence given by a senior Foreign Office official to the Iraq Inquiry that the UK Government received intelligence in the days prior to invading Iraq that Saddam Hussein may not have been able use chemical weapons, Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary, Edward Davey said "The threat that Saddam could deploy WMD within 45 minutes was fundamental to the Government's argument that Iraq presented an imminent danger. Yet this new evidence shows that the intelligence was, if anything, pointing towards Iraq becoming less of a threat.
27 Nov 2009
