Iraqi minister says British dossier is 'baseless'

Iraq today dismissed British Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair's dossier on Saddam Hussein's military capability.

Iraq today dismissed British Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair's dossier on Saddam Hussein's military capability.

"Mr Blair is acting as part of the Zionist [Israeli] campaign against Iraq and all his claims are baseless," Iraqi Culture Minister Mr Hamed Yousif Hummadi told reporters.

The dossier said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had the military planning to launch a weapon of mass destruction at 45 minutes' notice.

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