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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: British Intelligence

British Intelligence stories: 4 news summaries

Blair Knew Iraq Had No WMD
10 Days Before War Began

Intelligence ignored, British panel told

Nov 25, 09 8:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Prime Minister Tony Blair was told Iraq possessed no weapons of mass destruction 10 days before ordering British troops into the country in 2003, but Blair pushed ahead anyway, a panel investigating the war was told today. But, said a key intelligence official, the information didn’t weaken the case... More »

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Saddam Hussein • Tony Blair • United Kingdom • weapons of mass destruction • Iraq war • British Intelligence • Iraq Inquiry

British Intelligence Had Mussolini on WWI Payroll

Dictator-in-training got $9,500 a week to help convince Italians to keep fighting

Oct 13, 09 9:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s overseas intelligence service helped Benito Mussolini finance his first forays into Italian politics, newly uncovered documents show. Hoping to keep Italy on its side in 1917, during World War I, MI5 gave Mussolini, then 34 and editor of a right-wing newspaper, the equivalent of what’s now $9,... More »

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propaganda • Italy • MI5 • British Intelligence • Benito Mussolini • Fascism

US Threatens
to Limit Intel Sharing With UK

... if British courts release details on Guantanamo abuse

May 12, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration says it will cut down on intelligence sharing with the UK if British courts reveal details on the treatment of a former Guantanamo detainee, the Washington Times reports. In a letter to the British Foreign Office, the administration says that releasing a report on the treatment of... More »

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Barack Obama • torture • United Kingdom • US intelligence • Britain • Obama administration • British Intelligence • Binyam Mohamed • Jay-ZTV

 Berlin Statue to Honor 
 Would-Be Hitler Assassin

Bomb-planting carpenter finally wins national recognition

Oct 24, 08 3:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Berlin is planning a memorial to honor one of the unsung heroes of the Nazi era—a humble carpenter who came within minutes of assassinating Hitler. Georg Elser planted a bomb in a Munich beer hall in 1939 that nearly killed Hitler just nine weeks into World War II—but... More »

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Dachau • Adolf Hitler • Third Reich • Nazism • Nazis • Bürgerbräukeller • Beer Hall Putsch • Georg Elser • British Intelligence • Rolf Hochhuth • Etienne François

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