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Blair: Media misrepresented Iraq intelligence, not us

22 Jul 2004

The Prime Minister today denied that he had misrepresented the intelligence given to him in the run-up to the war in Iraq. Speaking at his monthly press conference, he told journalists that it was "not the case that Butler found that we misrepresented the intelligence to the people". "In fact," he argued, "the opposite is the case: the public and the media – and the BBC in particular – misrepresented the intelligence to us."

As the packed press conference settled back into their chairs with a collective raised quizzical eyebrow, Mr Blair continued: "You know, from what some newspapers were saying, it would have been impossible for us not to conclude that Saddam had WMD and that he was an imminent threat. Faced with a barrage of articles saying that Britain was 45 minutes from attack and editorials saying we weren't doing enough about it, there was no other judgement we could make."

"I mean after all," he added, staring at the bemused journalists, "if we and the public can't trust what you guys have to say, whom can we trust?"

The pack of journalists surged forward to question the Prime Minister but he waved them away. Warming to his theme, he laid down a challenge: "List the judgements the Joint Intelligence Committee made and the judgements we made side by side and let the public draw their own conclusions."

Mr Blair's suggestion was immediately dismissed by the hacks on the grounds that it would send their readers to sleep, but DeadBrain has no such qualms:

JIC Assessment	Government Dossier

Saddam has identified Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Israel and Kuwait as targets. Turkey could also be at risk.	Saddam is prepared to attack Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Cornwall, Iran, Bulgaria, the United States and Scunthorpe and could do so within 45 minutes. It would be advisable for people in the affected areas to make preparations for long periods of nuclear fallout.

Iraq is developing short-range missiles. A chemical or biological capability could be added within six months.	Saddam has a large stock of missiles capable of striking Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Cornwall, Iran, Bulgaria, the United States and Scunthorpe with chemical and biological material.

Saddam treats his own people brutally but has never threatened to attack the US or the UK.	Saddam is evil, evil, evil. People of Scunthorpe beware – he's coming for you.

There is no evidence to suggest cooperation between Iraq and al Qaeda.	Saddam and bin Laden were like brothers, they planned 9/11 together. We must act now to prevent another, even more disastrous attack in Scunthorpe.

"Seeing that, I don't think any reasonable person could say that we misrepresented anything," he added.

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