FBI agent: Saddam lied about weapons
January 26th, 2008 by 2CDC
[n.b.: And the Bush administration either believed him, or pretended to believe him -- which is worse?]
Interrogator says dictator feared Iran would invade Iraq without WMD threat
Daily Local News, 1/26/08, p. A7
NEW YORK (AP) — Saddam Hussein allowed the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction to deter rival Iran and did not think the United States would stage a major invasion, according to an FBI interrogator who questioned the Iraqi leader after his capture.
Saddam expected only a limited aerial attack by the United States and thought he could remain in control, the FBI special agent, George Piro, told CBS’s “60 Minutes” program in an interview to be broadcast Sunday.
“He told me he initially miscalculated … President Bush’s intentions,” said Piro. “He thought the United States would retaliate with the same type of attack as we did in 1998 … a four-day aerial attack.” Read the rest of this entry »
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