Wikileaks Cable Claims UK 'Pledged to Limit Iraq Probe'

The government secretly promised to limit the scope of the Iraq war inquiry to protect US interests, according to leaked cables reported in the Times.

The documents on the Wikileaks website could undermine the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war, the newspaper says.

The dispatch says senior UK officials also warned the US that Iraq would attract a "feeding frenzy" of interest in the UK "when the inquiry takes off".'

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