'Dodgy' evidence on the dodgy dossier: General accuses Alastair Campbell of misleading Iraq War inqu

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Source: Daily Mail

Alastair Campbell has been accused of misleading the Iraq Inquiry about the Blair government’s dodgy dossier on Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction.

The Chilcot Inquiry today declassified explosive new evidence in which the former head of intelligence collection challenged the version of events Tony Blair's spin doctor gave to the inquiry in January 2010.

During six hours of testimony, Campbell had vociferously denied that the dossier was specifically drawn up to make the case for war.

But Major-General Michael Laurie, who worked for the Defence Intelligence Agency, has told Sir John Chilcot: ‘I and those involved in its production saw it exactly as that, and that was the direction we were given. I had no doubt at that time this was exactly its purpose and these very words were used.’

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Iraq inquiry: Campbell dossier evidence questioned.

A former senior intelligence official has questioned Alastair Campbell's evidence to the Iraq inquiry about a controversial dossier which outlined the threat posed by Saddam Hussein.

Tony Blair's ex-spokesman told the inquiry last year the September 2002 document was designed to set out UK concerns, not "make the case for war".

But Michael Laurie said those producing it "saw it exactly as that and that was the direction we were given".

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In the letter, written in response to evidence given by Mr Campbell in January 2010, he disputes Mr Campbell's explanation for the motivation behind the dossier on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction (WMD)

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