Foreign Affairs - Ninth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 3 July 2003.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Conclusions and recommendations
Introduction
The background
The history of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
How the intelligence system is intended to
work
The September Dossier
The genesis of the September dossier
The process of compiling the dossier
Claims made in the dossier
Iraq's chemical and biological weapons capability
Iraq's long-range missile capability
Iraq's nuclear weapons programme
The uranium from Africa claim
The 45 minutes claim
Andrew Gilligan's allegation
Did the dossier exaggerate claims?
Was the language appropriate?
Did the September dossier present complete
and accurate information?
The February dossier
The genesis of the February dossier
The process of compiling the dossier
The use made in the dossier of Mr Marashi's
published work
"A glorious, spectacular own goal"
The machinery of Government
The Cabinet, Cabinet Committees and informal
groups
The security and intelligence machinery
Relations between the agencies and the media
Role of the JIC
The machinery of Parliament
The roles of the Intelligence and Security
Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee
Postscript: post-conflict Iraq
The search for weapons of mass destruction
The justification for war
Formal minutes
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
Tuesday 17 June 2003 am
Tuesday 17 June 2003 pm
Wednesday 18 June 2003 am
Wednesday 18 June 2003 pm
Thursday 19 June 2003 am
Thursday 19 June 2003 pm
Tuesday 24 June 2003 am
Tuesday 24 June 2003 pm
Wednesday 25 June 2003
Friday 27 June 2003 pm
Appendices
WRITTEN EVIDENCE
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