MI6 told Tony Blair case for war in Iraq was a US "fix"

Mirror.co.uk: The head of MI6 told Tony Blair the case for going to war in Iraq was a US "fix" months before the invasion, it was claimed last night.

Sir Richard Dearlove warned "facts and intelligence" were being fixed by the Bush administration back in July 2002, the BBC's Panorama documentary said.

It also claimed Foreign Secretary Jack Straw questioned whether Saddam Hussein posed a real danger - and argued Libya, Iran and North Korea were a bigger WMD threat.

Former Cabinet minister Robin Cook, who quit in protest over the war, said Mr Blair backed Bush only to prove "that we were his most reliable, most sound ally." And he added: "He knew perfectly well what he was doing. I think there was a lack of candour." Link

Link to BBC Panorama program