The section of the UK Government "dossier" that was plagiarised, comes from a post-graduate thesis, written with source material acquired in the aftermath of "Desert Storm". As such it is an acedemic work, subject critical acedemic review. The author has gone on record as to stating that the work is his, he has also clearly stated that the work is accurate and still relevant.

That, I believe, puts it in a category of having more weight than some of sources quoted in posts to support various points view.

As to the "conspiracy" theorists who appear in greater and greater numbers, with the avowed conspiracy getting more and more convoluted, I would like to ask this general question. Has anybody entering this forum ever been involved in a conspiracy that was founded on a lie that involves a large number of people?

I think you will find that, even taking it down to it's simplest form, just trying to maintain a lie is incredibly difficult, let alone converting that into some of the multi-national, all encompassing, world domination conspiracy theories blasted out as gospel truth by some on this forum. Hells teeth it was incredibly difficult back in Roman times, with the means of communication available today, particularly with regard to access to information and ability to cross-check that information, it becomes well nigh impossible. The effort and resources required would be immense and lies do not tend to be effective with large numbers of people involved. Good in fiction, not in real life.