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Man whose WMD lies led to 100,000 deaths confesses all - World Politics - World - The IndependentA man whose lies helped to make the case for invading Iraq starting a nine-year war costing more than 100,000 lives and hundreds of billions of pounds will come clean in his first British television interview tomorrow.
"Curveball", the Iraqi defector who fabricated claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, smiles as he confirms how he made the whole thing up. It was a confidence trick that changed the course of history, with Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi's lies used to justify the Iraq war.
He tries to defend his actions: "My main purpose was to topple the tyrant in Iraq because the longer this dictator remains in power, the more the Iraqi people will suffer from this regime's oppression."
The chemical engineer claimed to have overseen the building of a mobile biological laboratory when he sought political asylum in Germany in 1999. His lies were presented as "facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence" by Colin Powell, US Secretary of State, when making the case for war at the UN Security Council in February 2003.
But Mr Janabi, speaking in a two-part series, Modern Spies, starting tomorrow on BBC2, says none of it was true. When it is put to him "we went to war in Iraq on a lie. And that lie was your lie", he simply replies: "Yes."
The Liberate Iraq Act of 1998 was passed overwhelmingly by the US Senate and signed into law by President Clinton because intelligent reports at that time said Iraq had WMDs.
Since Janabi did not defect until 1999, he has nothing to do with intelligent reports that caused this Act to become law in 1998.
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a good OP, immediately derailed by the usual suspects.
The usual suspects delude themselves into thinking the OP was good
How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.
The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.
No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.
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Iraq Resolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe resolution cited many factors to justify the use of military force against Iraq:[2][3]
* Iraq's noncompliance with the conditions of the 1991 ceasefire agreement, including interference with U.N. weapons inspectors.
* Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, and programs to develop such weapons, posed a "threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region."
* Iraq's "brutal repression of its civilian population."
* Iraq's "capability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction against other nations and its own people".
* Iraq's hostility towards the United States as demonstrated by the 1993 assassination attempt on former President George H. W. Bush and firing on coalition aircraft enforcing the no-fly zones following the 1991 Gulf War.
* Members of al-Qaeda, an organization bearing responsibility for attacks on the United States, its citizens, and interests, including the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, are known to be in Iraq.
* Iraq's "continu[ing] to aid and harbor other international terrorist organizations," including anti-United States terrorist organizations.
* Iraq paid bounty to families of suicide bombers.
* The efforts by the Congress and the President to fight terrorists, and those who aided or harbored them.
* The authorization by the Constitution and the Congress for the President to fight anti-United States terrorism.
* The governments in Turkey, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia feared Saddam and wanted him removed from power.
* Citing the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, the resolution reiterated that it should be the policy of the United States to remove the Saddam Hussein regime and promote a democratic replacement.
a good OP, immediately derailed by the usual suspects.
The usual suspects delude themselves into thinking the OP was good
the curveball debacle can't be highlighted enough.
Iraq Resolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe resolution cited many factors to justify the use of military force against Iraq:[2][3]
* Iraq's noncompliance with the conditions of the 1991 ceasefire agreement, including interference with U.N. weapons inspectors.
* Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, and programs to develop such weapons, posed a "threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region."
* Iraq's "brutal repression of its civilian population."
* Iraq's "capability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction against other nations and its own people".
* Iraq's hostility towards the United States as demonstrated by the 1993 assassination attempt on former President George H. W. Bush and firing on coalition aircraft enforcing the no-fly zones following the 1991 Gulf War.
* Members of al-Qaeda, an organization bearing responsibility for attacks on the United States, its citizens, and interests, including the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, are known to be in Iraq.
* Iraq's "continu[ing] to aid and harbor other international terrorist organizations," including anti-United States terrorist organizations.
* Iraq paid bounty to families of suicide bombers.
* The efforts by the Congress and the President to fight terrorists, and those who aided or harbored them.
* The authorization by the Constitution and the Congress for the President to fight anti-United States terrorism.
* The governments in Turkey, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia feared Saddam and wanted him removed from power.
* Citing the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, the resolution reiterated that it should be the policy of the United States to remove the Saddam Hussein regime and promote a democratic replacement.
they will defend Bush until they die.
WHILE hiding his dumb ass from public because their lies about him being great dont really get any traction with real voters.
they will defend Bush until they die.
WHILE hiding his dumb ass from public because their lies about him being great dont really get any traction with real voters.
Wasn't it Clinton who signed into the law the Iraq Liberation Act?
Yes, I do believe so. Bush had the balls to act upon the Act
they will defend Bush until they die.
WHILE hiding his dumb ass from public because their lies about him being great dont really get any traction with real voters.
Wasn't it Clinton who signed into the law the Iraq Liberation Act?
Yes, I do believe so. Bush had the balls to act upon the Act
and how did that turn out for the USA?
look when Bush and team compiled their lie filled plan the people in congress did what most people would have done.
They backed their president after a horrilbe tragedy.
Bush and team took that tragedy and the good will for the USA world over and FUCKED everyone including the congress.
Then he doubled down by crashing the entire world economy.
Nah. With goodies your masters sold him(on credit, of course).Jos
How did Saddam mass slaughter the Kurds, by emitting one massive fart?
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