‘Murky intelligence’ justified Iraq war

US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz yesterday defended the invasion of Iraq as an example of how the United States had to be prepared to act on “murky intelligence” in its war on terrorism.

Wolfowitz was asked in several television interviews about widespread criticism that Washington's rationale for the war charges that Iraq had chemical and biological weapons and was collaborating with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida group appeared to have been built on shaky foundations.

No such weapons have been found, and little concrete evidence of an al-Qaida link has been presented.