http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mi6-made-secret-plan-for-antisaddam-coup-in-december-2001-2283432.htmlMI6 drew up proposals to support a coup against Saddam Hussein three months after the terrorist attacks on 11 September in the United States, previously classified documents indicate.
The papers outline a proposal for regime change in Iraq backed up by airstrikes. The files were read by the then Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who described them as "very perceptive". He recommended Tony Blair, who was then Prime Minister, also read the files.
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They were declassified and released yesterday by the Chilcot inquiry. Among the revelations are the following:
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* Oil was a key motivating factor behind the efforts to remove Saddam. "The removal of Saddam remains a prize because it could give new security to oil supplies," the officer writes.