German Gov Quietly Aided US-Providing Saddam Battle Plan, Pre-Invasion

[kpete]

German government quietly aided U.S., providing Saddam battle plan before invasion, paper to report
RAW STORY
Published: February 26, 2006

Two German intelligence agents in Baghdad obtained a copy of Saddam Hussein's plan to defend the Iraqi capital, which a German official passed on to American commanders a month before the invasion, according to a classified study by the U.S. military, the NY Times will page one in Monday editions, RAW STORY has learned.

The Times has also set a story on the Army's investigation of an Iraq contract in a secondary position, which RAW STORY will reveal soon.

Excerpts:

In providing the Iraqi document, German intelligence officials offered more significant assistance to the United States than their government has publicly acknowledged. The Iraqi plan gave the American military an extraordinary window into the regime's top-level deliberations, including where and how the Iraqi leader planned to deploy his most loyal troops.

The German role is not the only instance in which nations that publicly cautioned against the war privately facilitated it. Egypt and Saudi Arabia, for example, provided more help than they have disclosed. Egypt gave access for refueling planes, while Saudi Arabia allowed American special operations forces to initiate attacks from its territory, U.S. military officials say.

But the German government was an especially vociferous critic of the Bush administration's decision to use military force to topple Saddam. While the German government has said that it had intelligence agents in Baghdad during the war, it has insisted it provided only limited help to the U.S.-led coalition.

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[KoKo]

1. I guess that's why the RWingers went after the French with "Freedom Fries"

and didn't make fun of the Germans. I always wondered about that.

[fed-up]

2. So did the Germans let us know where the non-existant WMD were hidden &

what Saddam's so-called plan was for using them.

IF they had spies that high up in Saddam's inner circle they knew DAMN well that there were NO WMDs!


BUSH LIED AND PEOLPLE KEEP DYING!