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The thirty-six lies that launched a war

An interesting compilation of quotes -- mainly from the UK -- detailing the coalition of the willing's reasons for going into Iraq and why those reasons are spurious.

eg: "Iraq has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes and other equipment needed for gas centrifuges, which are used to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons." -- President Bush, 7 October 2002
This claim was repeatedly rubbished by the International Atomic Energy Agency, who observed that the tubes were being used for artillery rockets, but the US administration kept making it. The head of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, told the Security Council in January that the tubes were not even suitable for centrifuges.
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