Prescott Says Iraq Weapons Reports Just 'Tittle-Tattle' ; Former Deputy Pm Was Shocked by Weak Evidence to Back Invasion

Western MailJuly 31, 2010

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FORMER deputy prime minister John Prescott privately harboured doubts about the intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq in 2003, he disclosed yesterday.

Giving evidence to the final session of the Iraq Inquiry before the summer, he said many of the reports about Saddam Hussein's supposed weapons of mass destruction appeared to be just "tittletattle".

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Prescott Says Iraq Weapons Reports Just 'Tittle-Tattle' ; Former Deputy Pm Was Shocked by Weak Evidence to Back Invasion

Lord Prescott also spoke of the intense pressure on the former attorney general Lord Goldsmith, saying that he was "not a very happy bunny" as he agonised over whet...

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