Originally published February 23 2006
New book reveals rush to war
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
According to an updated version of "Lawless World" by Philippe Sands, President Bush had plans to lure Saddam Hussein into war by flying a U2 reconnaissance aircraft over Iraq painted in UN colors, hoping he would shoot it down.
By Rosemary Bennett and Michael Evans PRESIDENT BUSH had plans to lure Saddam Hussein into war by flying an aircraft over Iraq painted in UN colours in the hope he would shoot it down, a book reveals.
Mr Bush told Tony Blair of the extraordinary plan during a meeting in the White House on January 31, 2003, six weeks before the war started, according to an updated version of Lawless World by Philippe Sands, a human rights lawyer.
U2s were made available to the UN weapons inspectors to help them in their search for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Later in the same meeting the President said it was also possible that a defector could be brought out who would give a public presentation about Saddam's WMD, and there was a small possibility that Saddam would be assassinated.
The book also claims that the President "thought it unlikely that there would be internecine warfare between the different religious and ethnic groups".
President Bush also made clear, according to the book which was featured on Channel 4 News, that he would go to war irrespective of whether there was a second UN resolution.
Mr Sands' book says that the meeting focused on the need to identify evidence that Saddam had committed a material breach of his obligations under the existing UN Resolution 1441.
Last night Sir Menzies Campbell, acting Liberal Democrat leader, said: "If these allegations are accurate, the Prime Minister and President Bush were determined to go to war with or without a second UN resolution, and Britain was signed up to do so by the end of January 2003."
He added: "By then it was clear that there was no credible evidence of weapons of mass destruction, the stated justification for the moves against Saddam Hussein.
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