The CIA mole known as "Curveball" who relayed information to the Bush administration about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq now states he lied. Curveball is really an Iraqi named Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, who said he had found secret labs in Iraq used to produce biological weapons. Curveball now states he lied about WMD so that Bush would invade Iraq and get rid of Hussein. This is a story a pay day loan couldn’t have bought to make up. Source for this article – CIA informer Curveball admits he lied to help Bush start Iraq war by MoneyBlogNewz.
Powell and Bush support lie from Curveball
Claims by Curveball that Iraq had WMD have long been discredited. Curveball has insisted for years that he told the truth. But on February 16 he told The Guardian newspaper he made it all up. After escaping Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and fleeing to Germany, al-Janabi started telling German intelligence agents that Iraq had hidden mobile bioweapons laboratories throughout the country. Curveball’s claims were presented as the truth in a speech by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to the United Nations and George W. Bush’s 2003 State of the Union address. Bush admits that weapons of mass destruction were not really in Iraq after the United States invaded Iraq in March 2003.
CIA doubted Curveball from the beginning
When al-Janabi got there, it was hard to believe him. German intelligence wasn't so sure about what was going on. The false testimony on Iraqi bioweapons that al-Janabi gave was about the asylum application. This is what previous head of the CIA in Europe Tyler Drumheller believes. CIA Chief George Tenet was warned by Drumheller that Curveball wasn't reliable since he never believed the tale. After al-Janabi fesses up, Drumheller told The Guardian that if Curveball lied to oust Saddam Hussein, then he is “one of the world’s greatest strategic planners.”. Another thing Drumheller mentioned was the Bush administration needed evidence to go to war for the public. That is why they used Curveball's story.
Curveball faces backlash for coming clean
Even though about 4,500 U.S. military members and over 100,000 civilians in Iraq have passed away because of the Iraq war, Curveball said he was glad to have helped the Bush administration go to war. Al-Janabi's home of Germany doesn't approve of what was done. It is a criminal offense to lead to war with one's actions. Even though it had been known that al-Janabi lied, $4,000 a month was being paid to him still by German intelligence. He wants to return to Iraq. Nevertheless, politicians in Iraq want him to be totally exiled.
Citations
The Guardian
guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/16/colin-powell-CIA-curveball
New York Times
nytimes.com/2011/02/16/world/middleeast/16curveball.html
Los Angeles Times
latimesblogs.latimes.com/chatter/2011/02/curveball.html
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