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The Importance of a Plagiarized War Dossier
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READER COMMENTARY
by Randal Davis
Wednesday when Sec. Powell spoke to the Security Council we we had ample news coverage. Powell was later reported to have 'stated his case'. Will you now report what was reported on BBC radio and newspapers in Europe?
'UK war dossier a sham, say experts. "Downing Street was last night plunged into acute international embarrassment after it emerged that large parts of the British government's latest dossier on Iraq - allegedly based on" intelligence material" - were taken from published academic articles, some of them several years old. "
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,890916,00.html
It is important that readers see and understand the enormity of this violation of public trust for themselves. The story was first broken by Britain's Channel 4 and it is appearing in more papers and web sites by the hour. The following links lead directly to the Channel 4 story, to the British "intelligence" report and to the original student paper.
What was also disclosed was that certain portions of the academic report were altered by the PM Tony Blair to make them more inflammatory. In one cited instance Blair changed "aiding opposition groups" to "supporting terrorists."
The Channel 4 story is at:
http://www.channel4.com/news/home/z/stories/20030206/dossier.html
The Official UK intelligence report is at:
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page7111.asp
The original student research paper is located at:
http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2002/issue3/jv6n3a1.html
'A
dossier of evidence against Iraq is "solid", Downing
Street has insisted
after allegations that it included plagiarised material that was 12
years
out of date'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2735031.stm
Randal Davis
BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY
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