Reply #9: MPs' SHOCK REPORT: THE WARNINGS BLAIR IGNORED - Mirror [View All]

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TONY Blair ignored advice that terrorism posed a far greater threat than Saddam Hussein as he plotted war on Iraq, secret evidence revealed yesterday.

Senior MPs said in a report spy chiefs believed "al-Qaeda and associated groups continued to represent by far the greatest threat to Western interests, and that threat would be heightened by military action against Iraq."

Mr Blair led Britain to believe Iraq had large quantities of chemical and biological agents - some of which could be mobilised in 45 minutes - and could arm Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda.

But, it was disclosed, he ignored information from the powerful Joint Intelligence Committee that:

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