Guardian Unlimited Observer | International | Britain accused on terror lab claim

"Britain was accused last night of falsely claiming that al-Qaeda terrorists had built a 'biological and chemical weapons' laboratory in Afghanistan to justify the deployment of 1,700 Royal Marines to fight there. "

This is exactly why the White House was pressured to drop the disinformation campaign. Disinformation is a weapon that ends up doing more damage to the democracy that it's supposed to protect than to the enemy.