Iraq War Memo Inquiry
A group of US congressmen are holding a hearing into a leaked UK memo which suggests President Bush had decided on war with Iraq eight months in advance of the invasion. Bush denies he had made up his mind at the time to attack Saddam Hussein.
The British Sunday Times newspaper published the so-called Downing Street Memo (dated 23 July 2002) on 1 May, after it was leaked by a former UK foreign policy aide. In the memo, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is quoted as saying Mr Bush had made up his mind to take military action even if the timing had not yet been decided. A second memo, published by the paper this week, says UK ministers were told that they had no choice but to find a way to make the war in Iraq legal.
The British Sunday Times newspaper published the so-called Downing Street Memo (dated 23 July 2002) on 1 May, after it was leaked by a former UK foreign policy aide. In the memo, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is quoted as saying Mr Bush had made up his mind to take military action even if the timing had not yet been decided. A second memo, published by the paper this week, says UK ministers were told that they had no choice but to find a way to make the war in Iraq legal.
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