More ammo out of Britain! Blair Briefing memo!!

[Windy]

Ministers were told of need for Gulf war ‘excuse’
Michael Smith



MINISTERS were warned in July 2002 that Britain was committed to taking part in an American-led invasion of Iraq and they had no choice but to find a way of making it legal.
The warning, in a leaked Cabinet Office briefing paper, said Tony Blair had already agreed to back military action to get rid of Saddam Hussein at a summit at the Texas ranch of President George W Bush three months earlier.



The briefing paper, for participants at a meeting of Blair’s inner circle on July 23, 2002, said that since regime change was illegal it was “necessary to create the conditions” which would make it legal.


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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1650822,00.html

[wtmusic]

1. You know, for those of us who were around for Watergate

there was the similar feeling in the air. That a huge alibi is unraveling and there is no stopping it.

[babylonsister]

2. From your lips... I so hope you're correct! nt

[Just Me]

3. Better unravel before the neoCONs create some more conditions,...

,...to catapult us into another war. Time is running out!!!

I pray to God that the neoCON cabal be cast into ruin. I would have so much less day-to-day anxiety if that happened.

[marions ghost]

4. this is an EXCELLENT article

--especially good for giving Conyers some respect and coverage--for his herculean efforts on the issue. Also cites the website: www.downingstreetmemo.com which was set up by Conyers and the 86 congressmen&women who have requested answers from the administration.

This article from the Sunday Times (Britain) makes me nostalgic for the days of responsible journalism in the United States...however this tidbit at the end of the article IS interesting:

"The complaints of media self-censorship have been backed up by the ombudsmen of the Washington Post, the New York Times, and National Public Radio, who have questioned the lack of attention the minutes have received from their organisations."

:shrug: Can we assume that SOMEBODY IN the US media is speaking out about this Historic Major Media Cover-up???????

[ThomWV]

5. That is a MEMO, it is the MINUTES that Matter More

Do not be sidetracked by the July 21st Memo that set the stage for the July 23 meeting that the Minutes cover. The Cons will use the 21st memo to misdirect attention to the failure for post-war planning, a lessor problem for them than the deliberate lieing to the American People, which is exposed in the 23rd Minutes.

[LightningFlash]

6. Just gets worse and worse.....drip drip drip GUSH