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UK aided US in extraordinary rendition, Hutton admits
UK aided US in rendition, Hutton admits

By Alex Stevenson UK armed forces should have been more suspicious when two suspected insurgents in Iraq handed over to US forces were taken to Afghanistan, defence secretary John Hutton has admitted. In an urgent statement to MPs he said the two insurgents, captured by British forces in February 2004, were rendered for detention in… Read more »

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Mr Straw said it was not in the public interest to publish the Cabinet meeting minutes
Iraq war Cabinet minutes will not be published

By Matthew West and Alex Stevenson Jack Straw has told the House of Commons that publication of the minutes of Cabinet meetings in the lead-up to the war in Iraq in 2003 is not in the public interest. It is the first time a minister has vetoed the release of government material under section 53… Read more »