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The Guardian newspaper published an interview Wednesday with Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, who has been identified as the informer called "Curveball," whose claims about weapon labs formed part of then-US Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech to the UN Security Council in 2003, shortly before the war began. The Guardian quoted al-Janabi as saying: "I had the chance to fabricate something to topple the regime. Although some intelligence agents were skeptical of Curveball's story, the US Senate Intelligence Committee reported in 2004 that the Central Intelligence Agency "withheld important information about Curveball's reliability" from analysts dealing with the case. The Guardian interviewed al-Janabi in Karlsruhe, Germany in a mixture of Arabic and German. The US Senate panel's report said Curveball spoke in English and Arabic when he was interrogated by intelligence officers. Asked about his feeling's about the deaths and destruction during the war and in the years following, The Guardian said al-Janabi said there was no other way. "I tell you something when I hear anybody not just in Iraq but in any war (is) killed, I am very sad. "Saddam did not (allow) freedom in our land," the Iraqi said. You have to believe what Saddam says, and do what Saddam wants. So I did this and I am satisfied, because there is no dictator in Iraq any more."
Report Abuse Roadscolar said it perfectly: The PRESIDENT wanted war at any cost. I was sick as a dog when we launched this entirely unprovoked attack against a tinpot dictator. It is a breach of the USA Constitution and in my view President Bush should be stripped of his immunity and should stand trial for treason against the United States. America is not some cruscading force against each and every regime we don't happen to like. The Constitution only allows us to attack a country if we have a demonstrated, real threat against our security. In every possible respect the administration failed this test and played on our 9/11 fears to prosecute and illegal, immoral and incredibly expensive Holy Cruscade. I do not apologize for our forces, but I am mad as heck about our former president..
Report Abuse Now that we know that a bunch of young people with internet access and 18 days can topple a regime, it makes it a whole bunch more difficult for me to tolerant of the lies that brought about war in Iraq.
Report Abuse What is most amusing is odds are that those who support the Bush/Cheney slaughter of those innocent 4,800 American soldiers never served in the military. It is so easy to be brave and yell "Invade" "Kill" "Fight" when it can be done on a computer and in total security. It is too bad there no longer is a civilian military that forces everyone to serve.
Report Abuse I'm guessing most of the commentators here were born in this country and have not had the chance to truly experience life under a regime like Iraq had or under a government like the Soviet Union. Most Americans, born and raised here and not being fully immersed in another culture assume that we are intruding on other countries and that they don't want us there when America gets its nose into their business. What is true is that the leaders probably don't want us there - but that is usually who America is up against - the leaders - often times, the civilians who have an understanding of what freedom is are hoping for America to intrude. I was born here to immigrant parents who have raised me within our culture - but at the same time they have always said that America is the greatest country in the world, no other country in the eastern or western world cares enough to sacrifice themselves for the sake of another. You can argue that it is not for caring that America sacrifices her soldiers, but the end effect is the same. I had a similar conversation with a test engineer who has been in the US for 30 years. He immigrated from a South American country (can't remember which right now) but he said the best thing that can happen to any country is for America to invade as they always leave it in better condition than when the invasion started. A third comment from a cousin recently immigrated from Iran (she's in her 20's) was that the general feeling among the young people in the universities there when President Obama was elected was disappointment as they were hoping Iran would get invaded during the Bush presidency and were willing to sacrifice their lives for change. It is true that America is not perfect, it is true that horrible things have happened in her short history - but an imperfect past does not preclude a person, or a country from doing the right thing in the future. My alcoholic father stopping me from taking too many drinks is not hypocrisy in my mind - it is still the correct gesture. As an American, you have the right to say that your sons and daughters should not die for countries that hate you, you are right, no one has to sacrifice his life for another - but that's what makes America different - that's what makes my parents so proud to be here - that's what makes me proud to be born here. I'm not saying what this man did was right, but it was a desperate measure by a desperate man - a desperation that I doubt anyone living with the freedoms afforded us here could ever understand.
Report Abuse Your all naive if you think there were no WMD's. Think of it this way, if you were a drug dealer and you found out the cops were gonna be raiding your house in the near future would you keep all the drugs there and do nothing about it or would you get rid of them and make the cops look like idiots when they raided your house?
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Report Abuse This guy lied about a bio program, what about chemical and nuclear, Hussain could have prevented the war, he chose not too. If you tell a despotic dictator, to open his nation to inspections, inspections called for by the nations of the world in a UN resolution and he refuses. Dont forget this mad man used chemical weapons in war and on his own people. Dozens of nations, and hundreds of american polictians from both parties all agreed that removing Saddam was necessary, to play games after the fact just proves how corrupt the progressive democratic party is. Guess what fools, we are still in Iraq, and your progressive saint is president, what about that and Gitmo is still needed, maybe Bush was a whole lot smarter that you think since your saint is still following HIS programs. It is big government, coupled with the job crippling unions that has led to the loss of jobs to foreign countries. And the sainted president Obama has only contributed more to the problem, but the that is the plan to collapse capitalism to instute their communist agenda.
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