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The intelligence used to make the case for war with Iraq is now doubted, the Butler inquiry has concluded. In a 196 page report it says MI6 did not check its sources well enough, and sometimes relied on third hand reports. It also says the 2002 dossier should not have included the claim Iraq could use WMD within 45 minutes, without explaining what that meant. Lord Butler's team says ministers and officials and the intelligence agencies should have re-assessed the information as it become increasingly clear that UN Inspectors were not finding any WMD in the months immediately before the war. The inquiry concludes there was no evidence of "deliberate distortion" of intelligence by politicians. Lord Butler said the prime minister "acted in good faith".
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