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On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:38 PM, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > Tommy, > > Too funny. How long did it take you to realize you just posted > something that, in effect, helped justify Bush's claim that it was > faulty intelligence that led to the invasion? Then, true to form, you > quickly post a follow-up that basically says 'ah, doesn't matter.. > Bush woulda done it anyway'. Whew, that was close! :) > > On Feb 16, 7:44 pm, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Curveball" might have lied, but even if he hadn't George W. Bush > > would have still have invaded Iraq. Bush was only looking for an > > excuse, Curveball gave him one. If Curveball hadn't lied, Bush would > > have found (or invented) someone else to lie. > > > > The invasion of Iraq was illegal, and was a personal Bush family > > Vendetta against Sadaam Hussein, who tried to kill Daddy Bush. Cheney > > and war profiteering greed fueled the motivation. > > > > On 2/16/11, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Exposed: The lie that led us into Iraq > > > The Iraqi defector who claimed Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass > > > destruction has finally confessed that he made the whole thing up. An > > > instant guide > > > posted on February 16, 2011, at 10:12 AM > > > > > Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi says he is happy he lied about an Iraqi > > > weapons program and saw no other way to bring Saddam Hussein down. > > > Photo: Screen shot, guardian.co.uk SEE ALL 14 PHOTOS > > > Eight years after then–Secretary of State Colin Powell used harrowing > > > stories of Saddam Hussein's alleged biological and chemical weapons > > > programs to make the Bush administration's case for invading Iraq, the > > > man who supplied intel agents with those stories admits he made them > > > up. Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, known to U.S. and other Western spy > > > agencies as "Curveball," tells The Guardian that he "fabricated" the > > > whole WMD tale in the hopes of bringing Hussein down. He certainly > > > helped, but what's his real story? > > > > > Who is "Curveball"? > > > Janabi was an Iraqi chemical engineer who now lives in Karlsruhe, > > > Germany. He fled Iraq in 1995, and, beginning in 2000, worked for > > > several years as a paid informant for Germany's secret service. He and > > > his family were granted German citizenship in 2008. His now-admitted > > > lies to German agents helped found the U.S. case for invading Iraq. > > > > > What did he lie about? > > > WMDs. Janabi claimed he helped build mobile germ-warfare labs at a > > > facility hidden inside a birdseed purification plant just south of > > > Baghdad. These mobile labs, he said, were driven from place to place > > > to avoid detection. To bolster his story, Janabi also said that 12 > > > bio-weapons technicians died in a 1998 accident. Colin Powell included > > > all those fabrications in a pivotal speech to the United Nations in > > > February, 2003. > > > > > Why did Janabi lie? > > > He now tells The Guardian that he wanted to "get rid" of Saddam. > > > German agents, he says, "gave me this chance. I had the chance to > > > fabricate something to topple the regime." The former CIA chief in > > > Europe, Tyler Drumheller, says he thinks it's more likely Janabi just > > > wanted to be rewarded with asylum in Germany. "If this was part of a > > > grand scheme to overthrow Suddam Hussein then he is one of the world's > > > greatest strategic planners," Drumheller says. > > > > > Did intel agencies really believe him? > > > Janabi says he thinks some in the intelligence world had uncovered his > > > lies in mid-2000, but that the German agents who contacted him two > > > years later still seemed to be taking his stories seriously. U.S. > > > officials didn't have any direct contact with Janabi. Drumheller says > > > he warned CIA headquarters before Powell's speech that Janabi might be > > > a liar, and says CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin replied, "Oh, I > > > hope not, because this is really all we have." > > > > > What's the fallout? > > > "On the word of this third-rate, third-world con man, Bush caused tens > > > of thousands of injuries and thousands of deaths among American > > > forces, spent a trillion American dollars, and destroyed American > > > credibility worldwide," says Christopher Manion at LewRockwell.com. On > > > the other hand, says Tim Dickinson at Rolling Stone, Janabi is "a man > > > who saw an opportunity to change history, and seized it." > > > > > Does Janabi regret his lies? > > > No. "I and my sons are proud... that we were the reason to give Iraq > > > the margin of democracy," he insists. "Can you give me another > > > solution? Believe me, there was no other way to bring about freedom to > > > Iraq. There were no other possibilities." > > > > > Sources: Guardian (2,3,4), Death & Taxes, NPR (2), Rolling Stone, > > > LewRockwell.com > > > > > More: > > >http://theweek.com/article/index/212169/exposed-the-lie-that-led-us-i. > .. > > > > > -- > > > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > > > Have a great day, > > > Tommy > > > > -- > > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > > Have a great day, > > Tommy > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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