2003/08/23: BBC: Hutton documents released
Thousands of documents submitted to the Hutton inquiry into the death of government weapons expert Dr David Kelly have been published on the internet.
2008/02/18: BBC: Early WMD dossier draft released
Foreign Secretary David Miliband has published an early draft of the UK's infamous dossier on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
The document, by Foreign Office press chief John Williams, was an unpublished draft of the September 2002 dossier.
The Conservatives and Lib Dems say its similarities to the final version show "spin doctors" had played a crucial role in drawing up the dossier.
The government says it was never part of the formal drafting process.
2007/11/14: NZHerald: Ex-UN weapons inspector's death 'not suicide'
A British MP says a former United Nations weapons inspector David Kelly did not commit suicide as official accounts state, but may have been murdered.
Critics of a book published by Norman Baker, of the opposition Liberal Democrats, describe its accusations as absurd. Kelly was found dead in woods near his home in July 2003,
just days after it was revealed that he was the source for a BBC report that said Blair's Government had deliberately "sexed-up" intelligence to justify the invasion of Iraq
2007/05/09: Sky: Duo Found Guilty Over Leaked Iraq Memo
A civil servant and an MP's researcher have been found guilty of breaching the Official Secrets Act.
They leaked an "extremely sensitive" memo about talks on Iraq between Tony Blair and President Bush.
Cabinet Office communications officer David Keogh passed the four-page document to Leo O'Connor, a researcher for anti-war Labour MP Anthony Clarke.
2005/09/19: BBC: No 10 dismisses spin doctor book
Downing Street has refused to comment on a series of claims contained in the diaries of the prime minister's former deputy media advisor.
Lance Price's book, Diary of a Spin Doctor, details alleged incidents of bullying by officials and tensions between senior ministers.
Mr Price was forced to change one section of the book which said Mr Blair "relished" sending troops into Iraq.
2005/07/14: Guardian(UK): Attorney general spared trial by bar
The Bar Council has thrown out several complaints of professional misconduct against the attorney general over his Iraq war advice,
saying it has no power to investigate the provision of legal opinions to ministers by the government's law officers.
2005/05/21: al Jazeera: British MP: Iraq war was for oil
Labour MP and former UK environment minister Michael Meacher slammed Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George Bush for starting a war he said was to secure oil interests.
2005/05/17: BBC: Explosive showdown in Senate
George Galloway had vowed to give US senators "both barrels" and after sitting - coiled - through an hour-and-half of testimony against him, he unloaded all his ammunition.
2005/05/12: BBC: Galloway accepts Washington call
The scene has been set for an explosive confrontation between British MP George Galloway and US senators who say he was given oil rights by Saddam Hussein.
2005/05/05: AntiWar: Proof the Fix Was In
Thanks to an unauthorized disclosure by a courageous whistleblower, the evidence now leaps from official documents - this time authentic, not forged. [...]
In emotionless English, [then head of MI-6, Richard] Dearlove tells Blair and the others that President Bush has decided to remove Saddam Hussein by launching a war that is to be "justified by the conjunction
of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction." Period. What about the intelligence? Dearlove adds matter-of-factly, "The intelligence and facts are being fixed around the policy."
At this point, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw confirms that Bush has decided on war, but notes that stitching together a justification would be a challenge, since "the case was thin."
Straw noted that Saddam was not threatening his neighbors and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea, or Iran.
2004/10/20: Independent(UK): Black Watch home by Christmas, promises Blair
"We are about to enter a period of increased activity in Iraq. This has nothing to do with the the American elections. It has everything, however, to do with the Iraqi elections in January.
"We have to create the conditions in which fair elections under United Nations supervision can take place."
Mr Blair said the military request was being considered and went on: "If we do it, the Black Watch will still be back home by Christmas at the end of their six-month tour of duty.
2004/08/30: Guardian(UK): The prison built on fear
The US and UK governments use the war on terror to curtail our freedoms. Where does the greater threat lie?
The question that dogs Tony Blair at every turn reared up again in the extract from Greg Dyke's memoirs yesterday: either Blair misunderstood the 45-minute claim and was therefore incompetent, or
he lied. As long as he dodges this question, its corrosive impact on his reputation and that of his government spreads. He is gambling that, in time, the question will fade, but that gamble is profoundly
disrespectful of the democratic principles he is so keenly claiming to be exporting to Iraq.
Former BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan has strongly criticised the government, the BBC's governors and Lord Hutton at the Edinburgh Television Festival.
Gilligan told the festival events had ultimately shown his story to be "largely right". "The dossier was sexed up, the intelligence services were unhappy about it... and Alistair Campbell was at the heart of the process," he said.
2004/07/15: BBC: Blair to face Howard over Butler
Tony Blair will go head-to-head with Tory leader Michael Howard in a Commons debate on Iraq and the Butler inquiry next week, Downing Street has said.
2004/07/15: Independent(UK): The Butler report
The intelligence: flawed The dossier: dodgy The 45-minute claim: wrong Dr Brian Jones: vindicated Iraq's link to al-Qa'ida: unproven The public: misled The case for war: exaggerated And who was to blame? No one
2004/07/15: Independent(UK): Should we have gone to war? [Comments by various distinguished people]
BUTLER/IRAQ IN NUMBERS
Number of words in Butler Report: 89,920 Number of pages in report: 196 Number of chapters: 8 Number of conclusions: 67 Number of members of Butler committee: 5 Number of months
preparing the report: 5 Number of witnesses: 47 Number of ministers who gave evidence: 4 Number who gave evidence who asked not to be identified: 9 Number of former heads of the JIC
who gave evidence: 6 Number of UK intelligence heads who have resigned: None Number of US intelligence heads who resigned: 1 Number of US military fatalities since start of war: 887 Number of
British military fatalities since start of war: 60 Number who died since Bush declared an end of major combat operations: 952 Number of US troops in Iraq: 137,000 Number of UK troops in
Iraq: 8,300 Number of US wounded: 5,140 Number of journalists killed in Iraq: 30 Number of hostages killed: 5 Number of Iraqis killed: 40,000 Total cost of the war: $126.1bn Percentage of
Iraqis who express 'no confidence' in coalition: 80 Number of WMDs found: None Number of people to blame in the Butler report: None
2004/07/14: BBC: No 10 must share blame - Kennedy
Number 10 must share the blame for the "collective failure" that meant the UK went to war on the basis of "doubtful" intelligence, Charles Kennedy has said.
2004/05/21: AntiWar: Bush to Howard: hands off Tony
An operation has been launched within the White House to protect the President’s most important ally, and that the Tories are under pressure to give the Prime Minister an easy ride
2004/03/18: BBC: Ministers 'hampered' Iraq probe
The committee of MPs who grilled Dr David Kelly shortly before his death are questioning the government's lack of cooperation with its Iraq inquiry.
2004/03/02: BBC: 'This goes no further...'
Following revelations about bugging at the United Nations, is there any way of ensuring that your private conversations stay that way?
2004/02/29: Guardian(UK): Army chiefs feared Iraq war illegal just days before start
The Observer has also established that GCHQ, the Government's top-secret surveillance centre, has a specialist unit dedicated to spying on the UN. The revelation will strengthen claims that the
bugging of Britain's diplomatic allies at the UN was routine and is likely to trigger a fresh international furore over the legality of Britain's spying operations abroad.
2004/02/29: Independent(UK): The whistleblower, the loose cannon and the case for war
A week that began with extraordinary and embarrassing revelations about British spying at the UN in the run-up to the Iraq war has ended with the far more
damaging suspicion that the Government is attempting to withhold evidence that may reveal there was no legal justification for the invasion in the first place.
2004/02/27: BBC: Adviser admits resigning over war
A former Foreign Office adviser [Elizabeth Wilmhurst] has come forward to admit she quit her job because she did not agree with the legality of the war on Iraq.
2004/02/26: BBC: UN warning over spy allegations
British spies would have undermined the United Nations' work if it was true they bugged Secretary General Kofi Annan's office, says a UN spokesman.
2004/02/05: BBC: Howard calls for Blair to resign
Prime Minister Tony Blair should resign because he failed to ask "basic questions" on claims made in his Iraq dossier, [Conservative Leader] Michael Howard has said.
2004/02/04: BBC: Blair 'unaware' of WMD threat
Tony Blair has said he was unaware the 45 minute claim over Iraq's WMD meant only battlefield weapons when he urged MPs to vote for war in March last year.
2004/02/04: CBC: Protesters delay debate on Hutton Report
Anti-war protesters shouting from the public gallery forced the temporary suspension of Britain's Parliament on Wednesday during the debate over the Hutton Report.
Several protesters had to be dragged out after screaming "Murderer" and "No more whitewashes" at Prime Minister Tony Blair during the debate.
