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SECTION 3.1
DEVELOPMENT OF UK STRATEGY AND OPTIONS,
9/11 TO EARLY JANUARY 2002
Contents
Introduction and key findings ........................................................................................ 312
UK policy on Iraq in early September 2001 ............................................................ 312
The impact of 9/11 ......................................................................................................... 320
The immediate response to 9/11 ............................................................................ 320
Resolution 1382 ...................................................................................................... 346
President Bush’s comments, 26 November 2001 ................................................... 347
JIC Assessment, 28 November 2001: ‘Iraq after September 11 – The Terrorist
Threat’ ..................................................................................................................... 353
Development of UK strategy on Iraq ............................................................................. 356
Mr Powell’s advice to Mr Blair, late November 2001 .............................................. 356
FCO advice, 3 December 2001 .............................................................................. 358
SIS advice ............................................................................................................... 361
Mr Blair’s paper for President Bush, 4 December 2001 ......................................... 367
The perspective in the US, December 2001 ........................................................... 376
Developments in January 2002 .............................................................................. 379
Conclusions .................................................................................................................. 381
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