DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Sat Dec-30-06 06:05 AM
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Scarlett, author of the Iraq war dossier, is knighted
30 December 2006
John Scarlett [former MI6 chieftain, of MI6 Faul, Feric, Faddam etc. infamy] who took responsibility for the error-ridden dossier that justified the war in Iraq, is knighted in today's New Year's Honours list. The award will enrage ["enrage"? Nasty put-down word against the anti-war/genocide people of conscience] peace campaigners, who have accused the veteran spymaster of saving Tony Blair's skin over the flawed case for the invasion.
The news came as a British soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Basra yesterday, the 127th to die since the invasion in 2003.
Sir John, the head of MI6, played a key role in the Hutton Inquiry hearings into the death of the weapons expert [sic- BRITISH GERM WARFARE biowar top commander/scientist at Porton Down] David Kelly, three years ago. He steadfastly defended the dossier, which contained the notorious claim that Iraq could launch weapons of mass destruction in 45 minutes. And he dismissed accusations he had bowed to pressure to "sex up" the document's conclusions.
As chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, he told the inquiry he had "overall charge and responsibility" for the dossier.
Sir John allowed last-minute changes that had the effect of strengthening its conclusions, leading Lord Hutton to suggest that he could have been "subconsciously influenced" by his political masters.
news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article211258...
So the guy who sexed up the dossier gets knighted and the guy who raised the question rests in his grave.
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Of course he was knighted. And george has a Medal of Freedom LynnTheDem Dec-30-06 06:18 AM #1
What serendipitous timing Mr Creosote Dec-30-06 06:28 AM #2
Knighting has joined the Medal of Freedom in the dust bin of irrelevancy ck4829 Dec-30-06 07:29 AM #3
Iwas just about to say the same thing TexasLawyer Dec-30-06 07:09 PM #4
hope there's no mishap with the sword MisterP Dec-30-06 07:27 PM #5
LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Sat Dec-30-06 06:18 AM
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1. Of course he was knighted. And george has a Medal of Freedom
for him, I'm sure.
USA and UK; despised by the world.
Must be for their "freedoms".
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Mr Creosote (431 posts) Sat Dec-30-06 06:28 AM
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2.
What serendipitous timing Scarlett knighted on the day Saddam hangs.
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Sat Dec-30-06 07:29 AM
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3. Knighting has joined the Medal of Freedom in the dust bin of irrelevancy
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Sat Dec-30-06 07:09 PM
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4. Iwas just about to say the same thing
What a sick, tragic joke!
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Sat Dec-30-06 07:27 PM
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5. hope there's no mishap with the sword
it would be ruled a suicide
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