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John Howard admits Iraq War doubts over WMD intelligence

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Former Prime Minister John Howard has acknowledged for the first time that the Iraq War might not have occurred if American intelligence about weapons of mass destruction had been accurate. In an interview with political editor Mark Riley, Howard stated that strong evidence against Saddam Hussein possessing WMD would have been a 'game changer' and caused serious reconsideration of Australia's involvement in the conflict.

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John Howard admits Iraq War doubts over WMD intelligence

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The former Prime Minister John Howard has said for the first time the Iraq war might never have happened. The American intelligence had been right. He sat down with political editor Mark Riley. I don't know that you've been asked this before, but if that intelligence said, we don't think he does have WMD, Saddam Hussein. Did you still? I think if we'd have had evidence that that's strong against the likelihood he possessed them, I think that would have given us pause to think how to about whether to go ahead. That would have been to my mind and in retrospect a game changer. We'll have more on that story tonight at 6 p.m.

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