Ex Pentagon adviser: he and others were outraged WMD was used as justification for Iraq war

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http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Features/Article.aspx?id=172653

From the Pentagon’s think tank

Immediately after the US led military campaign deposed Saddam Hussein, Harold Rhode arrived in Baghdad as part of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, an agency set up under the auspices of the US Defense Department to take charge of civilian affairs in Iraq. Shortly after his arrival, Rhode was involved in salvaging the Iraqi Jewish archive, which had been housed in the building of the Iraqi security services. The building was hit by a missile during the war, causing extensive damage.

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Rhode says he and his circle of friends were outraged when they heard that the issue of WMD was being used as the grounds to move into Iraq.

I don’t really recall the actual reason, but when we heard this on the WMD most of my friends were outraged. This was done because Mr. Blair needed it. It was a sop as I understand it – I don’t know this, I understand it – thrown to Mr. Blair. That was something he could sell to his Parliament to get British involvement.