US Directed Terror Attacks Against Saddam! (NYT)

[On the Road]

Ex-C.I.A. Aides Say Iraq Leader Helped Agency in 90's Attacks

WASHINGTON, June 8 — Iyad Allawi, now the designated prime minister of Iraq, ran an exile organization intent on deposing Saddam Hussein that sent agents into Baghdad in the early 1990's to plant bombs and sabotage government facilities under the direction of the C.I.A., several former intelligence officials say.

Dr. Allawi's group, the Iraqi National Accord, used car bombs and other explosive devices smuggled into Baghdad from northern Iraq, the officials said. Evaluations of the effectiveness of the bombing campaign varied, although the former officials interviewed agreed that it never threatened Saddam Hussein's rule

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The Iraqi government at the time claimed that the bombs, including one it said exploded in a movie theater, resulted in many civilian casualties. But whether the bombings actually killed any civilians could not be confirmed because, as a former C.I.A. official said, the United States had no significant intelligence sources in Iraq then.

One former Central Intelligence Agency officer who was based in the region, Robert Baer, recalled that a bombing during that period "blew up a school bus; schoolchildren were killed." Mr. Baer, a critic of the Iraq war, said he did not recall which resistance group might have set off that bomb.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/09/politics/09ALLA.html

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I must admit, I am flabbergasted. Mybe this is one reason Bush thought Sep 11 was planned by Saddam, namely that it was payback for our terorist attacks.

[w13rd0]

1. Or maybe "out assetts" used against us...

...oh, wait, it was...

[On the Road]

2. I Didn't Know Allawi Was Another US Asset

Seems he may be simply another Chalabi who's taken things over. One that has no problem in attacking soft targets. And a doctor, no less. Go figure.