Posted on 03/24/2006 12:50:50 PM PST by BenLurkin
WASHINGTON - The Russian government had sources inside the American military command as it planned and executed the invasion of Iraq in 2003, according to Iraqi documents released as part of a Pentagon report.
The Russians passed information to Saddam Hussein on U.S. troop movements and plans during the opening days of the war, according to the report Friday.
The unclassified report does not assess the value of the information or provide details beyond citing two captured Iraqi documents that say the Russians collected information from sources "inside the American Central Command" and that battlefield intelligence was provided to Saddam through the Russian ambassador in Baghdad.
A classified version of the Pentagon report, titled "Iraqi Perspectives Project," is not being made public.
In Moscow, a duty officer with Russia's Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the report late Friday evening. No one answered the phones at the Defense Ministry.
CLINTON LEGACY
Which Dem Senator?
Ramsey Clark and Sandy Burglar?
More fallout from the Saddam docs, which iself is fallout from the Russia/China pact on killing any Iranian Sanctions plan.
Clnton holdovers. Not even treason will stop them from uprooting Bush..
Ten riflemen makes a firing squad, right?
Sources or just good spying and intelligence gathering?
Regardless, let some call it treason.
Note that the value of the intel is unspecified. Buzzphrase for disinformation fed to the Russians knowing it would be fed to Saddam.
Note that the value of the intel is unspecified. Buzzphrase for disinformation fed to the Russians knowing it would be fed to Saddam.
The fact that this is now public means that they probably know who the "leaker" is already.
Is anyone surprized at this?? I'm not.
A waste of tax payer money and equipment.
I'll do it, supply the rifle and ammo at no expense to the government.
No, and I hope they catch these sources. In the meantime, let's be sure to return the "favor" to Russia.
A mole at CentCom?
My most immediate thought--though it's probably not--is of the many U.S. servicemembers in Korea who marry women (usually entertainers from local clubs/bars) from the former Soviet Republics.
In at least one case it appears an Air Force Captain here in Korea was being blackmailed by one of these women She demanded any sort of "classified information" from him, not caring what category of information it was. He did this, I would assume in exchange for sexual attention at the time, but was later making large monthly deposits to her account once she had moved to the U.S. WITH HER HUSBAND (an enlisted U.S. servicemember).
Most likely, once she had one classified document, she had the ability to compel him to pay later. Once he ran out of money she turned him in.
I've read rumors (again, not sure if they're substantiated) that the Russians used to run schools to train female "entertainers" to act as spies. If the Russian intel community lost funding after the breakup of the Soviet Union, I'd imagine lots of these ladies went freelance (just like some of the gentleman that are now thought to be wrapped up in organized crime).
"CLINTON LEGACY"
Sounds like a BUSH LEGACY
This was a coalition headquarters. It might not have been an American.
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