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The Sydney Morning Herald said Bob Mathews, described as Australia's leading expert on weapons of mass destruction, told Howard three days before his announcement that Australia was committing troops to the invasion, that the case for war was based on falsehoods.
Mathews, a 35-year veteran of the government's Defence Science and Technology Organisation, also warned Howard in a letter that support for the war would make Australia a bigger terrorist target.
The paper said it had obtained a copy of Mathews' letter to Howard and had been appraised of what one colleague had reportedly described as "disgraceful" treatment of Mathews before and after he sent the letter.
"There are no reasons at the present time to justify supporting a US-led invasion of Iraq," the letter quoted Mathews as telling Howard.