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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

2002

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair3 September 2002

Government / Labour Party Government

Blair announces he will publish a dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair24 September 2002

Government / Labour Party Government

Britain publishes dossier on Iraq that says Saddam could launch weapons of mass destruction in 45 minutes, Dossier is criticized for overplaying certainty of intelligence

Names involved

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair

Provenance

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