Kay Questions U.S. Pre-Emptive Strike Doctrine

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By Jackie Frank

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former top U.S. weapons hunter in Iraq (news - web sites), David Kay, said on Sunday flaws in U.S. intelligence in prewar Iraq brought into question President Bush (news - web sites)'s policy of pre-emptive strike against countries deemed a threat to the United States.

Bush based his decision to invade Iraq on what he called a "grave and gathering danger" posed by Iraq's biological and chemical weapons and warranted assertion of his post-Sept. 11, 2001, doctrine of pre-emptive military action to guard U.S. security in the face of new terror threats.

Kay questions US pre-emptive strike doctrine