Curveball: 'I Am Not To Blame' for U.S. War in Iraq
Report:
Defector Says He Never Claimed Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass DestructionThe Iraqi defector known as "Curveball," whose fabricated stories about mobile biological weapons labs helped lead the U.S. to war in Iraq five years ago, is still living in Germany under a new name and protection and money offered by German intelligence services. (Der Spiegel) By MADDY SAUER
March 24, 2008
The Iraqi defector known as "Curveball," whose fabricated stories about mobile biological weapons labs helped lead the U.S. to war in Iraq five years ago,
says he is not to blame for the war and that he never said Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, according to a new report released this weekend in the German magazine Der Spiegel.
"In all, Curveball is
said to have been paid hundreds of thousands of euros. And the BND (German foreign intelligence agency) may now have to cough up once again. The intelligence service is considering giving Curveball yet another new identity, as well as one for his second wife from Morocco and for his son, who was born in Erlangen," write Der Spiegel investigative reporters Erich Follath, John Goetz, Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark.
.............a high-ranking German intelligence official is quoted as saying that the U.S. is ultimately at fault.
"We simply passed on information, no evaluations," the official told Der Spiegel. "The U.S. bears responsibility for what happened at the Security Council."
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