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Report: Russia Had Sources in U.S. Command
AP ^ | 7 minutes ago | ROBERT BURNS,

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.


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To: Gordongekko909

Sounds good to me.


21 posted on 03/24/2006 1:06:41 PM PST by ANGGAPO (LayteGulfBeachClub)
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To: BenLurkin
This could have been a two-fer. Give out bad information (the date was wrong) and expose a mole.
22 posted on 03/24/2006 1:07:20 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Self appointed RNC Press Secretary for Smarmy Sound Bites.)
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To: BenLurkin

Sources in the military command? Roadapples!!
If there was info sent to Russians, it came from members of Congress, their staff or planted political appointments.


23 posted on 03/24/2006 1:07:50 PM PST by caisson71
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To: Gordongekko909

One is good enough.


24 posted on 03/24/2006 1:08:33 PM PST by caisson71
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To: BenLurkin
So what's new about Russia spying on the US. I seem to remember the St. Joe McCarthy knew about a few and couldn't do anything about it except get vilified by the "liberal media". I wonder if there's some connection between the media and Russia?
25 posted on 03/24/2006 1:08:57 PM PST by street_lawyer (Conservative Defender of the Faith)
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To: BenLurkin

Thank you Clintoon's Madeleine Albright.


26 posted on 03/24/2006 1:09:11 PM PST by lilylangtree
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To: BenLurkin
No one answered the phones at the Defense Ministry.

Has anyone ever been to Russia? This is what usually happens... :0)

27 posted on 03/24/2006 1:10:15 PM PST by Cowboy Bob (A Liberal by any other name is still a Hypocrite)
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To: Shermy

Clinton holdovers.


28 posted on 03/24/2006 1:10:39 PM PST by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: roses of sharon
My guess would be Rockefeller.

Senator Jay Rockefeller has already admitted that he gave Syria advance warning Of Iraq War intentions. He also is the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
29 posted on 03/24/2006 1:10:53 PM PST by Republican Red ("How good is it? Al-Jazeera gave it 4 1/2 pipe bombs")
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To: roses of sharon
"Which Dem Senator?"

Could it be this one?

30 posted on 03/24/2006 1:11:03 PM PST by KoRn
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To: BenLurkin

that battlefield intelligence was provided to Saddam through the Russian ambassador in Baghdad. ==

Probably true. I remember that during battles the battlefiled info was publicated on Internet too. One guy with nickname "Ramzai" published very detailed information day after day.

http://www.google.ru/search?hl=en&q=ramzaj+Iraq


31 posted on 03/24/2006 1:11:23 PM PST by RusIvan
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To: BenLurkin

32 posted on 03/24/2006 1:11:27 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: KoRn

Beat you by 10 seconds!


33 posted on 03/24/2006 1:11:48 PM PST by Republican Red ("How good is it? Al-Jazeera gave it 4 1/2 pipe bombs")
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To: Republican Red

This is a really big story that will gather a lot of attention. It has elements to it which will force the MSM to cover the story---- Russian spies, military intelligence, etc.

Maybe this will convince the general public that we really have big enemies out there, and that it was a mistake to put our faith in Russian's support for dealing with the Iraq situation.


34 posted on 03/24/2006 1:13:57 PM PST by pushforbush
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To: Republican Red
"Beat you by 10 seconds!"

True. If only I hadn't done the image!

35 posted on 03/24/2006 1:14:13 PM PST by KoRn
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To: BenLurkin; Chena; Valin; M. Thatcher; DocRock; Calpernia; Madame Dufarge; Txsleuth; Peach; ...
Report: Russia Had Sources in U.S. Command ^

Release/Translation of Classified PreWar Docs ping. If you want to be added or removed to the ping list, please Freepmail me.

Please add the keyword prewardocs to any articles pertaining to this subject.

Operation Iraqi Freedom Documents

Also here

Documents from the Harmony Database

36 posted on 03/24/2006 1:15:27 PM PST by eyespysomething
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To: Gordongekko909; Dog
"Ten riflemen makes a firing squad, right?"

I hereby volunteer my trigger-pulling services, if needed.

I suspect that our military had to give the overall plan to the State Department (most likely area for Commie sympathizers). Nonetheless, spies must be rooted out from wherever they may be working.

37 posted on 03/24/2006 1:18:54 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Owen

This reminds me of those devices the KGB provinded Hussein in early 2003 that were designed to throw cruise missiles off course. Most of them were destroyed- by cruise missiles.

I agree with the theory that the military knew exactly who the leakers were and used them to confuse the enemy. Moscow should be thankful we didn't "accidently" bomb their embassy like we did to China's embassy in Belgrade when they wouldn't stop feeding the Serbs intelligence.


38 posted on 03/24/2006 1:21:27 PM PST by bobjam
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To: pushforbush
The Russian government had sources inside the American military command

Most Americans still think of Russia as the enemy. The big story here is that some in our military can't be trusted. Let's see how they handle that.

39 posted on 03/24/2006 1:24:43 PM PST by Attillathehon
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To: bobjam

This reminds me of those devices the KGB provinded Hussein in early 2003 that were designed to throw cruise missiles off course. Most of them were destroyed- by cruise missiles. ===

Accually it was GPS suppressors. They emmited waves which suppressed GPS signals then breaks cruise missiles navigation. Very effective things.
As was reported that few of them was destroyed by homing on EMS missiles. Those devices emitted so obviously homing missile can hit it.

The problem was that such device cost about $500 but homing missile cost about $100000. So one side may have thousands of such devices.


40 posted on 03/24/2006 1:28:26 PM PST by RusIvan
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