What many of us on the left side of the aisle have been saying since this mess began in 2003 is becoming ever more confirmed with each passing day. A new FBI report which basically confirms what a lot of us have been saying about Iraq not having weapons of mass destruction, has been released. The big question from the pro war crowd out there has always been, " If he did`nt have WMD`s then why did he act like he had something to hide?" The answer, as many of us have speculated, turns out that he feared appearing weak to neighbors like Iran far more than he feared the U.N. or the U.S.A.
Frome Reuters:
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FBI says Saddam's weapons bluff aimed at Iran
Thu Jul 2, 2009 5:01am EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein believed Iran was a significant threat to Iraq and left open the possibility that he had weapons of mass destruction rather than appear vulnerable, according to declassified FBI documents on interrogations of the former Iraqi leader.
"Hussein believed that Iraq could not appear weak to its enemies, especially Iran," FBI special agent George Piro wrote on notes of a conversation with Saddam in June 2004 about weapons of mass destruction.
He believed Iraq was being threatened by others in the region and must appear able to defend itself, the report said.
The FBI reports, released on Wednesday, said Saddam asserted that he was more concerned about Iran discovering Iraq's weaknesses and vulnerabilities than the repercussions of the United States for blocking the return of UN weapons inspectors who were searching for WMD.
"In his opinion, the UN inspectors would have directly identified to the Iranians where to inflict maximum damage to Iraq," according to the documents obtained and released by the National Security Archive, a nongovernmental research institute.
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