Iraq Anniversary: War Intelligence ‘Was a Lie’, BBC Panorama Documentary to Say!

• Iraq anniversary: war intelligence ‘was a lie’, BBC Panorama documentary to say! 
  by Tom Whitehead, and Duncan Gardham, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ 
  Key intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq ten years ago was based on “fabrication” and “wishful thinking”, a documentary is to claim.
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  The US and UK are accused of relying on questionable information that suggested Saddam Hussein was manufacturing weapons of mass destruction (WMD), despite warnings over its authenticity.
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  At the same time, other foreign intelligence that suggested no such programme existed was dismissed, according to a BBC Panorama investigation.
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  One Iraqi spy – codenamed “Curveball” – whose claims to have witnessed the manufacture of WMD were seized upon by the Americans told the programme the invasion had been based on his “lie”.
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  Lord Butler, who, a year after the invasion, carried out a British review of the intelligence used, admitted that he was unaware that two senior members of Saddam’s regime had secretly told the CIA and MI6 that WMD did not exist.
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  The documentary will reignite questions over the legality and justification of the Iraq war. One source told the programme the conflict was borne out of “choice” rather than “necessity”.
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