Politics > Politics-USA > Ch4 : Bush and Blair discussed using American Spyplane in UN colours to lure Saddam into war.
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02 Feb 2006 02:13:27 PM |
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Ch4 : Bush and Blair discussed using American Spyplane in UN colours to lure Saddam into war. |
A can of worms.................
The White House memo
Published: 2 Feb 2006
By: Gary Gibbon. Channel 4
Revealed: Bush and Blair discussed using American Spyplane in UN
colours to lure Saddam into war.
Channel 4 News tonight reveals extraordinary details of George Bush and
Tony Blair's pre-war meeting in January 2003 at which they discussed
plans to begin military action on March 10th 2003, irrespective of
whether the United Nations had passed a new resolution authorising the
use of force.
Channel 4 News has seen minutes from that meeting, which took place in
the White House on 31 January 2003. The two leaders discussed the
possibility of securing further UN support, but President Bush made it
clear that he had already decided to go to war. The details are
contained in a new version of the book 'Lawless World' written by a
leading British human rights lawyer, Philippe Sands QC.
President Bush said that:
"The US would put its full weight behind efforts to get another
resolution and would 'twist arms' and 'even threaten'. But he had to
say that if ultimately we failed, military action would follow
anyway.''
Prime Minister Blair responded that he was: "solidly with the President
and ready to do whatever it took to disarm Saddam."
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But Mr Blair said that: "a second Security Council resolution would
provide an insurance policy against the unexpected, and international
cover, including with the Arabs."
Mr Sands' book says that the meeting focused on the need to identify
evidence that Saddam had committed a material breach of his obligations
under the existing UN Resolution 1441. There was concern that
insufficient evidence had been unearthed by the UN inspection team, led
by Dr Hans Blix. Other options were considered.
President Bush said: "The US was thinking of flying U2 reconnaissance
aircraft with fighter cover over Iraq, painted in UN colours. If Saddam
fired on them, he would be in breach."
He went on: "It was also possible that a defector could be brought out
who would give a public presentation about Saddams WMD, and there was
also a small possibility that Saddam would be assassinated."
Speaking to Channel 4 News, Mr Sands said:
"I think no one would be surprised at the idea that the use of
spy-planes to review what is going on would be considered. What is
surprising is the idea that they would be used painted in the colours
of the United Nations in order to provoke an attack which could then be
used to justify material breach. Now that plainly looks as if it is
deception, and it raises some fundamental questions of legality, both
in terms of domestic law and international law."
Also present at the meeting were President Bush's National Security
Adviser, Condoleeza Rice and her deputy Dan Fried, and the Presidents
Chief of Staff, Andrew Card. The Prime Minister took with him his then
security adviser Sir David Manning, his Foreign Policy aide Matthew
Rycroft, and and his chief of staff, Jonathan Powell.
Those present, as documented in Mr Sands' book, also discussed what
might happen in Iraq after liberation.
President Bush said that he: "thought it unlikely that there would be
internecine warfare between the different religious and ethnic groups."
Mr Blair did not respond.
http://www.channel4.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-storypage.jsp?=
id=3D1661
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02 Feb 2006 02:22:36 PM |
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It will just get buried along with the others. Nothing will come of
it.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/011905D.shtml
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| User: "Chris X" |
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| Title: Re: Bush and Blair discussed using American Spyplane in UN colours to lure Saddam into war. |
02 Feb 2006 02:18:20 PM |
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Ooo carse abowt that crap- ther's moor importent fings to wurry abowt - like
thowse cartoons that teh narstey moooslims don't fink we shud bee looking at
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"Crowley" <crowleyalastair@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1138911207.136120.180640@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
A can of worms.................
The White House memo
Published: 2 Feb 2006
By: Gary Gibbon. Channel 4
Revealed: Bush and Blair discussed using American Spyplane in UN
colours to lure Saddam into war.
Channel 4 News tonight reveals extraordinary details of George Bush and
Tony Blair's pre-war meeting in January 2003 at which they discussed
plans to begin military action on March 10th 2003, irrespective of
whether the United Nations had passed a new resolution authorising the
use of force.
Channel 4 News has seen minutes from that meeting, which took place in
the White House on 31 January 2003. The two leaders discussed the
possibility of securing further UN support, but President Bush made it
clear that he had already decided to go to war. The details are
contained in a new version of the book 'Lawless World' written by a
leading British human rights lawyer, Philippe Sands QC.
President Bush said that:
"The US would put its full weight behind efforts to get another
resolution and would 'twist arms' and 'even threaten'. But he had to
say that if ultimately we failed, military action would follow
anyway.''
Prime Minister Blair responded that he was: "solidly with the President
and ready to do whatever it took to disarm Saddam."
************************************************************
But Mr Blair said that: "a second Security Council resolution would
provide an insurance policy against the unexpected, and international
cover, including with the Arabs."
Mr Sands' book says that the meeting focused on the need to identify
evidence that Saddam had committed a material breach of his obligations
under the existing UN Resolution 1441. There was concern that
insufficient evidence had been unearthed by the UN inspection team, led
by Dr Hans Blix. Other options were considered.
President Bush said: "The US was thinking of flying U2 reconnaissance
aircraft with fighter cover over Iraq, painted in UN colours. If Saddam
fired on them, he would be in breach."
He went on: "It was also possible that a defector could be brought out
who would give a public presentation about Saddams WMD, and there was
also a small possibility that Saddam would be assassinated."
Speaking to Channel 4 News, Mr Sands said:
"I think no one would be surprised at the idea that the use of
spy-planes to review what is going on would be considered. What is
surprising is the idea that they would be used painted in the colours
of the United Nations in order to provoke an attack which could then be
used to justify material breach. Now that plainly looks as if it is
deception, and it raises some fundamental questions of legality, both
in terms of domestic law and international law."
Also present at the meeting were President Bush's National Security
Adviser, Condoleeza Rice and her deputy Dan Fried, and the Presidents
Chief of Staff, Andrew Card. The Prime Minister took with him his then
security adviser Sir David Manning, his Foreign Policy aide Matthew
Rycroft, and and his chief of staff, Jonathan Powell.
Those present, as documented in Mr Sands' book, also discussed what
might happen in Iraq after liberation.
President Bush said that he: "thought it unlikely that there would be
internecine warfare between the different religious and ethnic groups."
Mr Blair did not respond.
http://www.channel4.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-storypage.jsp?id=1661
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