Former MI-5 Chief and War With Iraq

The former Director General of the British domestic intelligence agency, known as the Security Service or MI5,♠ the Barroness Manningham-Buller, testified before an Inquiry panel in London this week.

Her testimony, reported by the AP, was that there was no link between Iraq and 9/11.  Further:

She said the belief that Iraq might use such weapons against the West "wasn't a concern in either the short term or the medium term to either my colleagues or myself."

Overall, her assessment was that the war in Iraq was a distraction from the war against al Qaeda.

On the other hand, there was that hope that if Iraq could turn around it would be the basis for change throughout the Middle East.  I wonder if anyone still thinks in those terms?

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  Today, on the radio, I heard someone refer to the sister organization, MI6, as M16.