Was an Iraqi Cabbie the Source of the 'Dodgy Dossier' on Saddam's WMD?

Inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot said the Daily Mail's revelation yesterday that the cabbie may have been the source of claims that Saddam Hussein could fire chemical weapons at British targets in 45 minutes was 'relevant to' his work.

But he refused to quiz Sir John Scarlett about the claims, made in a report by Tory MP Adam Holloway, on grounds of national security.

Instead the Chilcot Inquiry will hold further hearings on the issue in private in the new year.'

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