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http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/090119-dutch-iraq
Civil servants kept minister in the dark on Iraq war By NRC Handelsblad International in partnership with RNW
19-01-2009
The legal basis for the Netherlands' political support of the American-British invasion of Iraq in 2003 caused strife within the foreign affairs ministry, Joost Oranje writes for the NRC Handelsblad newspaper. "Bury it well in the archives for future generations," was written on a crucial memorandum. [...]