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The forged docs story touched three key allies in the coalition that supported toppling Hussein: Italy, the UK and the U.S. The Wilson saga is but a domestic thread in a tangled international web.

To build on that line of thought, I'd add that I think it also touches on Middle Eastern nations relevant to US-UK operations in Iraq. A number of the intelligence community figures who've been attacking Bush (e.g. Bob Baer) have a background with the Clinton CIA's operations in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East. The CIA station in Jordan (along with its MI6 counterpart and the MI6-supported Iraqi National Accord, composed of a group of ex-Ba'athists and former members of Saddam's regime) used assets from Jordanian intelligence, which had been penetrated by Saddam's agents. It seems to me there must be a link between the Western intelligence agency factions attacking Bush and Saddam's intelligence network, and it'd be logical to infer the link intersects with the channels used for Oil-for-Food money transfers.

...it'd be logical to infer the link intersects with the channels used for Oil-for-Food money transfers.

Yes, it would. Excellent observations. We may never get to the bottom of it all, but I think at least the outlines are clear.

"To build on that line of thought, I'd add that I think it also touches on Middle Eastern nations relevant to US-UK operations in Iraq. A number of the intelligence community figures who've been attacking Bush (e.g. Bob Baer) have a background with the Clinton CIA's operations in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East. The CIA station in Jordan (along with its MI6 counterpart and the MI6-supported Iraqi National Accord, composed of a group of ex-Ba'athists and former members of Saddam's regime) used assets from Jordanian intelligence, which had been penetrated by Saddam's agents. It seems to me there must be a link between the Western intelligence agency factions attacking Bush and Saddam's intelligence network, and it'd be logical to infer the link intersects with the channels used for Oil-for-Food money transfers."

The same groups that fisked Chalabi post haste...