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Blair`s difficulties over Iraq`s WMD further deepen
London, July 28: British Prime Minister Tony Blair`s difficulties over weapons of mass destruction have further deepened with the US government admitting that the Iraq war has been fought on the basis of `murky intelligence`, a media report said today.
London, July 28: British Prime Minister Tony Blair's difficulties over weapons of mass destruction have further deepened with the US government admitting that the Iraq war
has been fought on the basis of "murky intelligence", a media report said today.
Blair is already facing tough questions about British
intelligence with the failure to find Iraq's weapons and the
controversy over government claims that Iraq tried to buy
uranium.
But his problems worsened when Paul Wolfowitz, the US deputy defence secretary, said the US had not been prepared to wait for clear evidence of Iraq's threat before attacking, The Times reported today.
"The nature of terrorism is that intelligence about terrorism is murky," Wolfowitz told.
"I think the lesson of 9/11 is that if you are not prepared to act on the basis of murky intelligence, then you're going to have to act after the fact, and after the fact now means after horrendous things have happened to this country," he said referring to the terrorists attack on World Trade Centre.
Wolfowitz spoke three days after the release of a congressional report that said the 9/11 terror attacks might have been prevented had US security services shared and acted upon information they had at the time.
His remarks will be seen as continuing to prepare Americans for the possibility that WMD might never be found. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in may that it was "possible that they decided that they would destroy them prior to a conflict."
Bureau Report
But his problems worsened when Paul Wolfowitz, the US deputy defence secretary, said the US had not been prepared to wait for clear evidence of Iraq's threat before attacking, The Times reported today.
"The nature of terrorism is that intelligence about terrorism is murky," Wolfowitz told.
"I think the lesson of 9/11 is that if you are not prepared to act on the basis of murky intelligence, then you're going to have to act after the fact, and after the fact now means after horrendous things have happened to this country," he said referring to the terrorists attack on World Trade Centre.
Wolfowitz spoke three days after the release of a congressional report that said the 9/11 terror attacks might have been prevented had US security services shared and acted upon information they had at the time.
His remarks will be seen as continuing to prepare Americans for the possibility that WMD might never be found. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in may that it was "possible that they decided that they would destroy them prior to a conflict."
Bureau Report