A newly released British document from 2002 asserts that Saddam Hussein had acquired uranium and technology necessary for chemical weapons. But the document does not include the crucial allegation used to justify the Iraq invasion – that Hussein was capable of launching weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes. A later draft of the document did include this assertion and critics believe that Prime Minister Tony Blair’s press advisers ordered its inclusion to bolster the case for war. (AP)
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