Original sentence: It is clear from the memo that those present at the meeting believed that Iraq did possess weapons of mass destruction, albeit of limited range, and was prepared to use them.It suggests that an ultimatum for Saddam to allow back United Nations weapons inspectors be issued, and that this would help to make the use of force legal.The Downing Street memo is a document alleged to contain the minutes taken during a meeting on July 23, 2002, that was printed in the Times of London on May 1, 2005.The memo deals with the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq War, and comes at a point at which it becomes clear to those attending that the United States intends to remove Saddam Hussein from power by means of military action.The memo runs through the military options and then considers the political strategy in which an appeal for support from the international community and from domestic opinion would be most likely to be positively received.Tony Blair is quoted as saying that the British public would support regime change in the right political context
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