Introduction
and key findings ........................................................................................
199
US/UK
discussion of a draft resolution .........................................................................
200
Iraq’s
agreement to the return of inspectors ...........................................................
209
Discussion
of US draft of 20 September 2002 ........................................................
215
Agreement
to offer UK military forces to the US for planning
purposes .................
218
Publication
of the Iraq dossier .......................................................................................
221
Cabinet, 23
September 2002 ..................................................................................
221
Parliamentary
debates, 24 September 2002 ..........................................................
228
Mr Blair’s
statement, 24 September 2002 ........................................................
228
Adjournment
debate in the House of Commons, 24 September 2002 .............
236
Debate in
the House of Lords, 24 September 2002 .........................................
240
Mr Straw’s
evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee,
25
September 2002 ..........................................................................................
241
Discussions
between the US, the UK, France and Russia ...........................................
242
US/UK draft
resolution, 25 September 2002 ..........................................................
243
Mr Blair’s
speech to the Labour Party Conference, 1 October
2002 ......................
251
Mr Blair’s
conversations with President Bush, 2 October 2002 ..............................
253
Continuing
difficulties in securing agreement on a draft text ........................................
260
Iraq’s
rebuttal of the UK dossier .............................................................................
260
Discussions
between Iraq, UNMOVIC and the IAEA about the return
of inspectors ...........................................................................................................
261
President
Bush’s speech in Cincinnati, 7 October 2002 .........................................
265
JIC
Assessment, 10 October 2002 .........................................................................
267
JIC
Assessment, 16 October 2002: ‘International Terrorism:
The Current
Threat from Islamic Extremists’ ....................................................
270
JIC
Assessment, 11 October 2002 .........................................................................
271
197