Campbell: I did not sex up Iraq war dossier

TONY BLAIR’S former chief spin doctor Alastair Campbell yesterday fiercely denied “sexing up” a dossier which claimed Iraq could launch chemical or biological weapons within 45 minutes ahead of the 2003 war.

In a defiant appearance before a public inquiry on the conflict, Campbell admitted that while the highly controversial document could have been clearer, he still defended “every single word” of it.

Campbell, one of the former prime minister’s closest allies, also insisted Blair was determined to deal with Saddam Hussein’s regime peacefully right up to a crucial vote on the Iraq war in the House of Commons on March 18, 2003.