Officials ‘complained about Iraq weapons dossier’

INTELLIGENCE officials were so concerned about the British Government’s Iraqi weapons dossier some complained formally to their superiors, the inquiry into the death of weapons expert David Kelly was told yesterday.

The opening day of the inquiry, headed by Lord Hutton, heard some officials had been unhappy about the way material was presented in the dossier including the controversial claim that Iraq could deploy some weapons within 45 minutes.

The inquiry was set up to investigate how Dr Kelly apparently came to take his own life after being named as the possible source for a BBC story that the dossier had been "sexed up" to strengthen the case for war.