UK Ministry of Defense had "limited information" on Iraq

Paschall

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Mon Jul-07-03 12:59 PM
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UK Ministry of Defense had "limited information" on Iraq

< Britain and the United States had only limited intelligence about Iraqi forces in the run up to the war, the Ministry of Defence has said.

< In its first official assessment of the Iraq campaign, the MoD acknowledged that it had not known whether Saddam Hussein's commanders would be able to deploy weapons of mass destruction against coalition troops.

< A 48-page report, entitled Operations in Iraq 2003: First Reflections, underlined the problems coalition intelligence agencies had faced in obtaining information about a regime that was "secretive and based on fear". >

Source: UK Express

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Mokito

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Mon Jul-07-03 01:16 PM
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1. Irony is thou name

First Reflections, underlined the problems coalition intelligence agencies had faced in obtaining information about a regime that was "secretive and based on fear".

Oh, are they investigating the *-administration?

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young_at_heart

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Mon Jul-07-03 01:22 PM
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2. "Had only LIMITED intelligence"?

And that would explain the months-long decision to invade Iraq in the Spring?

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