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http://tinyurl.com/9c9jj


Memos Show British Fretting Over Iraq War


By THOMAS WAGNER, Associated Press Writer

LONDON - When Prime Minister
Tony Blair's chief foreign policy adviser dined with
Condoleezza Rice six months after Sept. 11, the then-U.S. national security adviser didn't want to discuss Osama bin Laden or al-Qaida. She wanted to talk about "regime change" in Iraq, setting the stage for the U.S.-led invasion more than a year later.

President Bush wanted Blair's support, but British officials worried the White House was rushing to war, according to a series of leaked secret Downing Street memos that have renewed questions and debate about Washington's motives for ousting Saddam Hussein.

In one of the memos, British Foreign Office political director Peter Ricketts openly asks whether the Bush administration had a clear and compelling military reason for war.

"U.S. scrambling to establish a link between Iraq and al-Qaida is so far frankly unconvincing," Ricketts says in the memo. "For Iraq, `regime change' does not stack up. It sounds like a grudge between Bush and Saddam."


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[biscotti]

1. Done n/t

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2. Tens of thousands dead...

...hundreds of thousands wounded, and hundreds of billions squandered...FOR A GRUDGE? Be there justice in the world, Bush will face trial for treason.

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3. Done eot