Iraq war advice secrecy defended
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The decision to keep secret the full legal advice given to Tony Blair in the run-up to the Iraq war is defended by Lord Falconer.
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American forces in Iraq were in some cases authorized to pursue foes into Iran and Syria, according to a classified 2005 document that was leaked.
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Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House case for invading Iraq included "reporting of dubious quality or reliability" that supported the political views of senior administration officials rather than the conclusions of the intelligence...
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Iraq war blogs are as varied as the soldiers who write them. Some sites feature practical news, war pictures and advice. Some are overtly political, with more slanting to the right than to the left. Some question the war, some cheer it.
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Don't expect one, says Robert Baer. Tehran's Revolutionary Guard Corps is too secretive to be tied directly to Iraq
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Findings and recommendations by recent studies on the Iraq war:
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National security adviser Condoleezza Rice on Sunday defended her characterization of Saddam Hussein's nuclear capabilities in the months before the Iraq invasion, even as a published report said government experts had cast doubt at the time.
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Leaked documents show a gulf between public statements on Iraq and private talks with the White House. Francis Elliott reports. Tony Blair privately promised George Bush he would not budge in his support for
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White House officials today found themselves explaining recent remarks by the former top American administrator in Iraq.
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US defence workers were told to keep quiet about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, official memos reveal.
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President Bush huddled with top military leaders about the Iraq war Friday, and Pentagon officials defended efforts to rid the Iraqi national police of sectarian bias and corruption, even as an independent review found the force too tainted to continue.
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The following editorial appeared in the Kansas City Star on Sunday, March 11:  People with information about wrongdoing in government or elsewhere are reluctant to talk if their identities might be revealed.
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Gen. David Petraeus is testifying this week on Capitol Hill with the nation split on whether he can be trusted to tell the truth about the Iraq war. Mel Wilmoth, in California, said Petraeus' words are little more than a salute to President Bush, but from Indiana, John Chiazza said Americans need to trust the general.
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A leading figure in the Bush administration's march to war in Iraq used questionable intelligence about Saddam Hussein's links to al Qaeda to help justify the 2003 invasion, a Pentagon watchdog agency said in a report on Friday.
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WASHINGTON - The White House staunchly defended its Iraq policy Tuesday as new questions emerged about President Bush's prewar decisions and postwar planning. An impending weapons report undercut the administration's main rationale for the war, and the former head of the American occupation said the United States had too few troops in Iraq after the invasion...
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The White House staunchly defended its Iraq policy Tuesday as new questions emerged about President Bush's prewar decisions and postwar planning. An impending weapons report undercut the administration's main rationale for the war, and the former head of the American occupation said the United States had too few troops in Iraq after the invasion.
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The military recommendations issued by the Iraq Study Group run counter to assessments made by some of its own military advisers.