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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: MKTBUZZ who started this subject2/8/2003 2:14:54 AM
From: A. Geiche  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Former Labour minister Glenda Jackson today accused the Government of lying to the public over its Iraq dossier.

GLENDA: DOWNING STREET LIED ON DOSSIER
The Mirror Feb 7 2003

Ms Jackson said the file, which was supposed to prove Saddam's attempts to deceive the UN, is an example of how Downing Street is trying to mislead Britons.

Last night it emerged the dossier was partly based on 12-year-old information and included chunks lifted from a thesis by a student in California.

Ms Jackson told the BBC: "If that was presented to Parliament and the country as being up-to-date intelligence, albeit collected from a variety of sources but by British intelligence agents, and in fact as we now know they simply lifted it from a university thesis, it is another example of how the Government is attempting to mislead the country and Parliament on the issue of a possible war with Iraq.

"And of course to mislead is a Parliamentary euphemism for lying."

The student who wrote the thesis, Ibrahim al-Marashi, is furious the British Government used his work without giving him credit for his efforts.

"They never cited my article," Mr al-Marashi said. "Any academic, when you publish anything, the only thing you ask for in return is that they include a citation of your work. There are laws and regulations about plagiarism that you would think the UK Government would abide by."

Downing Street today admitted it was wrong to produce the document without crediting Mr al-Marashi.

But a spokesman for Tony Blair insisted the document was accurate. >>>>
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