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To: Neocon who wrote (101088)6/11/2003 4:00:39 PM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Hi Neocon; Re: "And the British government apologized for using it without credit, not for using it at all."

Blunkett regrets Iraq dossier
BBC, June 9, 2003
The British Government should never have published its controversial second dossier on Iraq's weapons, Home Secretary David Blunkett has said.

He said reports on the document - widely criticised when it emerged part of it was copied from a US student's thesis - had turned into "the most absurd political story in the whole of my lifetime".

His comments came as the government admitted it had written to the intelligence and security services admitting there were failings in February's dossier, the second on Iraq.
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news.bbc.co.uk

Re: "It was published the previous year, not seven years ago."

No 10 admits dossier failings
BBC, June 8, 2003
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February's dossier - the second on Iraq - was widely criticised when it emerged part of it was copied from a 12-year-old thesis by an American student.
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news.bbc.co.uk

-- Carl