MI6 used hoax WMD reports based on action film ‘The Rock’ to justify Iraq invasion – Chilcot

‘A fake intelligence source fooled MI6 with false reports based on the action movie ‘The Rock’, which ended up being used to justify Britain’s invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Chilcot report has revealed.
The Chilcot report into Britain’s involvement in the invasion of Iraq is highly critical of the UK intelligence services, claiming it provided the government with “flawed” information, including about Saddam Hussein’s alleged weapons of mass destruction (WMD) – the basis for going to war.
In September 2002, MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove reported the agency was on the edge of a “significant breakthrough” after finding a new source inside Iraq with “phenomenal access” to information about suspected WMDs.’
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