Britain Today: Ruling on Iraq dossier.THE Foreign Office has been ordered to disclose an early draft of the controversial dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or (WMD WMD white muscle disease. ), it was revealed yesterday. The Information Tribunal rejected an appeal by the Government arguing that releasing the document would not be in the public interest. The 2002 draft was prepared by the then Foreign Office Press secretary John Williams. There have been suggestions - denied by Mr Williams - that the draft might contain the first mention of the claim that Saddam Hussein could launch a WMD strike within 45 minutes. |
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