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2004 Iraq document leak

On 18 September 2004 the British Daily Telegraph ran two articles titled "Secret papers show Blair was warned of Iraq chaos" and 'Failure is not an option, but it doesn't mean they will avoid it' by reporter Michael Smith, revealing the contents of six leaked British government documents – labelled "secret" or "confidential" – concerning the lead-up to the war in Iraq.

The documents achieved recognition in the US press nine months later, on 18 June 2005, when the Associated Press (AP) published full typed copies of all six papers on its website. The copies were provided by the British reporter, who said he had destroyed the original documents to protect his sources. An anonymous senior British official said the documents appeared authentic.

also known as DSM II (Letter to Ministers: IRAQ: CONDITIONS FOR MILITARY ACTION), 21 July 2002 [1]

pre-Downing Street memo

23 July 2002 [2]

Downing Street memo

7 March 2003 [3]

Goldsmith memo

Deputy Legal Advisor to the Foreign Office – letter of resignation, 18 March 2003

[4]

Downing Street memo

Office of Special Plans

Operation Southern Focus

David Kelly

September Dossier

Dodgy Dossier

Declaration of war by the United States

Executive Order 13233

Executive Order 13303

Governments' pre-war positions on invasion of Iraq

The UN Security Council and the Iraq war

Resignations of UK cabinet ministers and Clare Short

Robin Cook

Legal opinion on war by UK Attorney General

Bush-Blair memo

Michael Smith, "". The Daily Telegraph, 18 September 2004

Secret papers show Blair was warned of Iraq chaos

Michael Smith, "". The Daily Telegraph, 18 September 2004

'Failure is not an option, but it doesn't mean they will avoid it'

Richard Norton-Taylor, "". The Guardian, 21 September 2004

The need to wrongfoot Saddam

"DSM Resolution of Inquiry Archived 15 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine" Raw Story. 25 May 2005. "Path of War Timeline" Raw Story. 25 May 2005. "How We Confirmed DSM" Raw Story. 14 June 2005 "Senate leaders demand answers on DSM" Raw Story. 24 June 2005.

Larisa Alexandrovna

John Daniszewski, , Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2005.

New Memos Detail Early Plans for Invading Iraq

Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, , Newsweek/MSNBC, 15 June 2005

"New leaked memos are raising further questions about whether the Bush administration ‘fixed’ its intel to justify the Iraq war."

Thomas Wagner, "". Associated Press, 18 June 2005

Memos Show British Concern Over Iraq Plans

The Tribune "". tribuneindia.com, 18 June 2005

Bush motives on Iraq suspect again

. 18 June 2005

Wikinews article on AP release