Friday, March 18, 2005
Craig Murray standing against Jack Straw.
I experienced at first hand the abandonment of all principle by this government as it decided to use, routinely, information obtained under torture to further the "War on Terror"... Like many in the FCO I knew in advance that the so-called dossier on weapons of mass destruction was full of lies. 152 of its alleged "facts" are now known to be complete fabrication. Now they tell us the WMD were not the reason for war but rather it was to bring democracy to Iraq. Yet at the same time the West is giving financial and military support to the Karimov regime in Uzbekistan, one of the most brutal regimes in the World.
I experienced at first hand the abandonment of all principle by this government as it decided to use, routinely, information obtained under torture to further the "War on Terror"... Like many in the FCO I knew in advance that the so-called dossier on weapons of mass destruction was full of lies. 152 of its alleged "facts" are now known to be complete fabrication. Now they tell us the WMD were not the reason for war but rather it was to bring democracy to Iraq. Yet at the same time the West is giving financial and military support to the Karimov regime in Uzbekistan, one of the most brutal regimes in the World.
