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Nation misled into war in Iraq
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Nation misled into war in Iraq

KEY QUOTES:

"Last fall former U.S. intelligence officials began warning that official pronouncements were being based on "cooked intelligence." British intelligence officials were so concerned that, The Independent reported, they kept detailed records of the process. "A smoking gun may well exist over WMD, but it may not be to the government's liking," a source said."

"It's now two months since Baghdad fell -- and according to The Associated Press, military units searching for WMDs have run out of places to look."

"The Bush administration's determination to see what it wanted to see led not just to a gross exaggeration of the threat Iraq posed, but to a severe underestimation of the problems of postwar occupation."

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