4.4 | The
search for WMD
scientists
and so on – and was in breach of United Nations resolutions. That
is what
Mr Duelfer
expressly said. It was the breach of UN resolutions and their
enforcement
that was
and is the reason for going to war.”
957.
The ISG’s
findings were significant, but did not support past statements
by
the UK and
US Governments, which had focused on Iraq’s current capabilities
and
an urgent
and growing threat.
958.
The
explanation for military action put forward by Mr Blair in
October 2004
was not the
one given before the conflict.
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