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Respond to And our old allies are stopping sharing needed intelligence. inaccurate . The Basis for the Invasion: The UK government, led by Tony Blair, argued that Saddam Hussein's Iraq possessed WMDs, including chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, and that this posed an immediate threat to international peace and security, justifying military intervention.The September Dossier: In September 2002, the British government published a dossier outlining its assessment of Iraq's WMD capabilities, which included claims that Iraq had continued to produce chemical and biological agents, had military plans for their use, and had command and control arrangements in place.Intelligence Failures: Subsequent investigations, including the Chilcot Inquiry, revealed that the intelligence assessments upon which the dossier was based contained "serious flaws" and were not as credible as the government had portrayed them.Lack of Evidence: Despite the invasion and the extensive search for WMDs, no such weapons were ever found. Public and Political Fallout: The failure to find WMDs led to a significant loss of public trust in the government and the intelligence agencies, as well as political controversy and criticism of the government's decision to go to war. Lessons Learned: The intelligence community has acknowledged the mistakes made in the lead-up to the war and has taken steps to improve its intelligence gathering and assessment processes. Operation Mass Appeal: There were allegations that the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, aka MI6) ran a campaign in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq to plant disinformation in the media about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, known as Operation Mass Appeal.MI6 and CIA were told before invasion that Iraq had no active WMD: Panorama says that MI6 stood by claims that Iraq was buying uranium from Niger, though these were dismissed by other intelligence agencies, including the French.
