This was a report from a single source. It was an established and reliable line of reporting. It was quoted from a senior Iraqi military officer in a position to know this information.

He denied he was under any pressure to "firm up" the September Dossier and claimed there was "no conscious intention" to mislead about Iraq's weapons but it would have been "better" to have clarified battlefield munitions not missiles were meant. The "classic case" was the claim that Iraq could launch Weapons of Mass Destruction "within 45 minutes of an order to do so" - Dr.

Sir John McLeod Scarlett KCMG OBE (born 18 August 1948) was Director General of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 2004 to 2009. Prior to this appointment he had chaired the Cabinet Office Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC).