Feb 16, 2011

Iraq Defector Admits To Lying About WMDs In Iraq

The defector who convinced the White House that Iraq had a secret biological weapons programme has admitted for the first time that he lied about his story then watched in shock as it was used to justify the war.

• Man codenamed Curveball 'invented' tales of bioweapons
• Iraqi told lies to try to bring down Saddam Hussein regime
• Fabrications used by US as justification for invasion

The defector who convinced the White House that Iraq had a secret biological weapons program has admitted for the first time that he lied about his story, then watched in shock as it was used to justify the war.

Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, codenamed Curveball by German and American intelligence officials who dealt with his claims, has told the Guardian that he fabricated tales of mobile bioweapons trucks and clandestine factories in an attempt to bring down the Saddam Hussein regime, from which he had fled in 1995.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

And why is it our special friend here is not being tried and hopefully executed for the blood spilled by nearly 5,000 dead Americans that fought and died for his lies? I'm glad Saddam Hussein is gone, but was a lie worth that price in American soldiers' lives? There should have been a more legitimate cause for regime change. This man needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for what I consider a crime.

somejedi said...

Hey, how about all the IRAQI people who died because of this guy?