SECRET MEMO REVEALS BUSH & BLAIR AGREED TO ATTACK IRAQ W/O-U.N. APPROVAL!

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NY Times to report on secret memo of Bush, Blair meeting before Iraq war

RAW STORY
Published: Sunday March 26, 2006

The New York Times is planning an article on a secret memo that has been reported to reveal that President Bush and Prime Minister Blair agreed to invade Iraq even without U.N. backing months before the war, RAW STORY has learned.

The article written by Don Van Natta Jr. addresses the January 2003 meeting with the purpose of "shedding light on the buildup and decision-making process before the invasion of Iraq."

According to an article published by the Guardian in February on the memo, "Mr Bush made it clear the US intended to invade whether or not there was a second UN resolution and even if UN inspectors found no evidence of a banned Iraqi weapons programme."

"The diplomatic strategy had to be arranged around the military planning", The Guardian reported that Bush told Blair. The prime minister is said to have raised no objection. He is quoted as saying he was "solidly with the president and ready to do whatever it took to disarm Saddam".

The memo is also said to reveal that President Bush suggested "flying U2 reconnaissance aircraft planes with fighter cover over Iraq, painted in UN colours," in order to provoke Saddam to shoot on it, putting him in breach of United Nations resolutions.

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