Iraq War Started By A Hoax! It Is Official

Last night on Jeremy Paxman's Newsnight it was revealed by people such as Colin Powell and Wilkinson (the head of the CIA's European operations) that the premise for war Iraq was a hoax.

Even more, it turns out that it was known prior to the war to both the US and British intelligence services that the ONLY informer on whose testimonial of Saddam's biological, chemical and nuclear thereat was based was a fabricator. The man in question - an Iraqi chemical engineer who defected to Germany - made up lies about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction hoping to speed up his asylum application and German citizenship procedure. His former boss alleged that he "was doing it for his family".

But if you look at the headlines line-up of the BBC World Service, there is no sign of this scandalous revelation. We are treated to such defining moments of the humankind's history as a Norwegian house collapse, Singapore grounding an A380 and a Finn held over an Easter Island ear.

That is exactly how information is controlled in free societies - by swamping important news with an ocean of factoids and anecdotal pieces.