UK ambassador warns of civil war in Iraq

Independent

Britain's outgoing ambassador in Baghdad has warned that civil war is the most likely outcome in Iraq, according to a report.

In a confidential memo to ministers, William Patey also predicted the break-up of Iraq along ethnic lines.

The assessment was contained in Mr Patey's final telegram from Baghdad before he left the Iraqi capital last week - details of which were obtained by the BBC. Read more

db: As Blair said only this week we went into Iraq to tinker with their 'value system' - not to find WMD - not to pursue regime change. It appears that we have done so remarkably well.