Posted on 03/24/2006 4:25:43 PM PST by Smogger
WASHINGTON -- Russian diplomats passed detailed — though sometimes inaccurate — tactical information about American troop movements to senior Iraqi officials as U.S. troops closed in on Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, according to Iraqi intelligence documents captured by the American military that raise new questions about Moscow's role in Iraq.
One of the documents, which purports to be a summary of a letter sent to Saddam Hussein's office by a Russian official, claims that Moscow had "sources inside the American Central Command in Doha" — the U.S. military's headquarters during the war — which Russia used to convey American intentions and troop movements to Baghdad.
Russia had well-known and extensive diplomatic and economic ties to Baghdad prior to the U.S.-led invasion and occasionally clashed with the Bush administration during the international debate over how to deal with Hussein's regime.
But the documents, made public in a study of the Iraqi military's decision-making during the war that was released by the Pentagon today, are the first to assert the passing of sensitive military intelligence to Baghdad during the war.
Analysts said the revelations could be some of the most damaging to bilateral relations since the end of the Cold War, and while they cautioned that Moscow may have an explanation for the disclosures, they noted that some of the details were so sensitive that they would be hard to justify.
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I'd guess sometime in October.
It will be a surprise!
That can't be can it? Isn't Putin our friend? :-)
To correct it's massive disinformation campaign for the past few years, the media would have to chant three billion times "Bush did not lie. There were ties between Iraq and Bin Laden and there was a WMD program leading up to the war. We lied for the Democrat Party."
Seriously, Republicans should repeat: "Democrat Media lied, people died" at least a billion times before the next election. Also, we should demand over and over again for the media to admit it's lies about the war and appologize to the American people.
LOL...strategery.
Misunderestimated again!
I remember that our finest nailed some Russian so called diplomats the first few days of the war when they refused to stop when ordered to do so. Those Russians are not to be trusted.
Any Americans who passed on info have the blood of our soldiers on their hands.
Smogger, I'm out of the loop on DEBKAFile? Can you please explain what it is/was?
TIA
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