Curveball claims he told the CIA WMD lies to get rid of Saddam

The CIA mole known as "Curveball" who relayed information to the Bush administration about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq now claims 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 claims he lied about WMD so that Bush would invade Iraq and get rid of Hussein. This isis a story a pay day loan couldn’t have bought to make up.

Curveball’s lies duplicated by Bush and Powell

Claims by Curveball that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction 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. Al-Janabi got out of Saddam Hussein's Iraq and went to Germany. He then said that all over Iraq there were hidden bioweapons when talking to German intelligence. What Curveball said was supported by George W. Bush in his 2003 state of the Union address. Also, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell gave a speech to the United Nations over it. In March 2003, the United States invaded Iraq. Bush admits that there were not weapons of mass destruction in Iraq eventually though.

CIA doubted Curveball right from the start

German intelligence did not believe al-Janabi from the moment he showed up. The asylum application was what previous CIA in Europe Tyler Drumheller thought al-Janabi's false testimony was about. CIA Chief George Tenet was warned by Drumheller that Curveball was not reliable since he never believed the tale. After al-Janabi fesses up, Drumheller told The Guardian that if Curveball lied to oust Hussein, then he is “one of the world’s greatest strategic planners.”. No matter what the truth was, the Bush administration only had Curveball's tale as evidence to use to go to war which is why it was used, Drumheller said.

Curveball's truth hurts him

The man called Curveball said he was proud of helping the Bush administration start the Iraq war, which has killed almost 4,500 United States military personnel and more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians. But in his adopted home of Germany, a German politician said al-Janabi violated a warmongering law that makes actions that lead to war a criminal offense. German intelligence paid al-Janabi for five years after it was known that he had lied; $4,000 a month. Germans want to know why that is. He wants to return to Iraq. Nevertheless, politicians in Iraq want him to be completely 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