Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Iraqi defector admits he lied about WMD

"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, 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."

2 comments :

Maury said...

I don't understand. He fabricated the tales in an effort to bring down Sadman's regime, and then watched "in shock" as the plan worked?

Iraqi Mojo said...

I think he was in shock to see his claims being used by the UK & US govts.

He was happy to see Saddam toppled and is proud that he was part of it: "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."