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Top UK Defense Official Found Dead, David Kelly Was Possible Secret Source To BBC

HeadlineJul 18, 2003

The top news this morning in London is not Prime Minister Tony Blair’s appearance before Congress last night but the discovery of the body near the city of Farringdon believe to be a top British defense official.

Police found the body as they were searching for top British weapons expert David Kelly who had been missing since yesterday. Kelly has been identified as the high ranking British official who told the BBC that Blair had “sexed up” the Iraq intelligence dossier.

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