THE ORIGINAL DOWNING STREET "MEMO" (PDF) (Plain Text) (Annotated)
MAJOR PLAYERS–who are the people present at this meeting?
THE OTHER DOWNING STREET MEMOS AND DOCUMENTS
"The Downing Street Memo, recently leaked, reveals that President George W. Bush decided to overthrow Saddam Hussein in the summer 2002 and--determined to ensure that U.S. intelligence data supported his policies--fixed the intelligence and facts. What has come to be known as the Downing Street Memos.
If US intelligence is to be believed, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is the ultimate bad guy.- Background article from 2004. (via archive.org) "In the run-up to the Iraq war in February 2003, US Secretary of State Colin Powell told the United Nations that al-Zarq
Project leader: Jonathan Taylor Department: Middle East Project start date: 2002 End date: 2010 Other British Museum staff: Irving Finkel Project funded by: The Townley Group and the Andrew Mellon Foundation External partners: Dr Ali Yaseen Al-Juboori,
Jack Straw’s evidence at the Chilcot enquiry into the Iraq war yesterday [21 Jan 2010], and the discussion that it led to of deadlines and resolutions, tells an interesting and important story about the conduct of international relations and the problems
"The US military’s use of depleted uranium in Iraq has led to a sharp increase in Leukemia and birth defects in the city of Najaf – and panicked residents are fearing for their health. Cancer is now more common than the flu, a local doctor tells RT."
"One can only wonder, now that the United States has 'liberated' Iraq from Saddam Hussein, just who will liberate Iraq from the United States," Jarrar wrote in a recent article.
"The Bush administration repeatedly made the presence in Iraq of Abu Musab Zarqawi a pretext for invading the country and overthrowing Saddam Hussein. They implied that he was a client of Saddam and that Saddam had arranged for hospital care for him." Jua