Defector admits to WMD lies that triggered Iraq war (Curveball)

[Solly Mack]

The Guardian


"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.

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

"Maybe I was right, maybe I was not right," he said. "They gave me this chance. I had the chance to fabricate something to topple the regime. I and my sons are proud of that and we are proud that we were the reason to give Iraq the margin of democracy."

The admission comes just after the eighth anniversary of Colin Powell's speech to the United Nations in which the former US secretary of state relied heavily on lies that Curveball had told the German secret service, the BND. It also follows the release of former defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld's memoirs, in which he admitted Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction programme."

[Vickers]

1. But Dumbya, Dick, Rummy, Colon and all the rest KNEW this shitstain was lying.

They will try to use this guy as a scapegoat, but they fucking knew, and they fucking knew ALL ALONG.

:grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr:

[Solly Mack]

2. I agree...they knew.

[jtrockville]

4. I think it's more sinister than "they knew"

I think they instigated it.

[G_j]

3. K&R!

[Bonhomme Richard]

5. He served his purpose for shrub.. n/t

[Octafish]

6. ''proud that we were the reason to give Iraq the margin of democracy.''

We could've achieved the same without losing thousands of our best and killing a million innocent people.

[cbdo2007]

7. He is a criminal and should stand trial with the rest of them.

[stellanoir]

8. I always marveled over the obtuse premise that

a guy codenamed "curveball" would ever be presumed to be anything close to a straight shooter.

sheesh

[SpiralHawk]

9. "Smirk." - xCommander AWOL Bush (R)