Chilcot report ‘will blame MI6 for the Dodgy Dossier’ that took us to war in Iraq
Former bosses of MI6 could be "fed to the wolves" according to sources close to the inquiry
THE long-awaited Chilcot Report is expected to blame MI6 for a "dodgy dossier" used by Tony Blair, sources say.
The report, seven years in the making, is thought to contain criticism of the former Prime Minister for decisions made during the start of the Iraq War.
A source close to the inquiry has said that bosses at MI6 will be "fed to the wolves" in next week's report.
The Former MI6 chief, Sir Richard Dearlove, will be in the firing line for intelligence given to Mr Blair which formed the basis of the infamous "dodgy dossier" claims about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, reports t.
Sources told the newspaper Sir John Chilcot will be scathing of the way Mr Blair "sidelined experts and the cabinet" as he prepared for war in 2003.
The report will be published this coming Wednesday and will comprise of two millions words on the war, seven years after the inquiry began.
Mr Blair will be criticised for the way he took the country to war, his style of “sofa government” and the failures to plan for reconstruction.
Sir Richard will be rapped for intelligence handed to Mr Blair which formed the basis for the infamous “45-minute” dossier that claimed Saddam Hussein could deploy weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes.
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The source said Sir Richard would be “thrown to the wolves” for allowing agency chiefs to submit information for the dossier “without any supportive detail.”
The 12 volume report will cover how British embassy staff in Washington did not replay to Downing Street the misgivings within the CIA about military action.
The source said: "CIA experts were warning how complex the Middle East was. The Embassy must been privy to how Dick Cheney (the Vice President) was sidelining the State Department and the CIA."
A former Government minister also told the Mirror that the British military will be criticised for its failures after the invasion when it was charged with bringing stability to Basra.
He said: "There will be a lot of things the military will be worried about in Chilcot.
"We didn’t have enough trained people to go in and sent a lot of inexperienced people. There were very junior people taking responsibility for administrative roles."
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said: "As well as politicians, spy chiefs and generals should be in for severe criticism in the Chilcot report.
"Britain was led to war on a lie and I expect the Chilcot report will say we were ill prepared to fix the mess we made.
"People should be held to account for their actions."
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