"U.S. War Plan Leaked to Iraqis by Russian Ambassador"

[kpete]

March 23, 2006 —

Iraq Archive Document Alleges Russian Official Described Locations, Troops, Tanks and Other Forces Before Operation Iraqi Freedom Began

Documents dated March 5-8, 2003

Two Iraqi documents dated in March 2003 — on the eve of the U.S.-led invasion — and addressed to the secretary of Saddam Hussein, describe details of a U.S. plan for war. According to the documents, the plan was disclosed to the Iraqis by the Russian ambassador.

The first document (CMPC-2003-001950) is a handwritten account of a meeting with the Russian ambassador that details his description of the composition, size, location and type of U.S. military forces arrayed in the Gulf and Jordan. The document includes the exact numbers of tanks, armored vehicles, different types of aircraft, missiles, helicopters, aircraft carriers, and other forces, and also includes their exact locations. The ambassador also described the positions of two Special Forces units.

The second document (CMPC-2004-001117) is a typed account, signed by Deputy Foreign Minister Hammam Abdel Khaleq, that states that the Russian ambassador has told the Iraqis that the United States was planning to deploy its force into Iraq from Basra in the South and up the Euphrates, and would avoid entering major cities on the way to Baghdad, which is, in fact what happened. The documents also state "Americans are also planning on taking control of the oil fields in Kirkuk." The information was obtained by the Russians from "sources at U.S. Central Command in Doha, Qatar," according to the document.

This document also includes an account of an amusing incident in which several Iraqi Army officers (presumably seeking further elaboration of the U.S. war plans) contacted the Russian Embassy in Baghdad and stated that the ambassador was their source. Needless to say, this caused great embarrassment to the ambassador, and the officers were instructed "not to mention the ambassador again in that context."

(Editor's Note: The Russian ambassador in March 2003 was Vladimir Teterenko. Teterenko appears in documents released by the Volker Commission, which investigated the Oil for Food scandal, as receiving allocations of 3 million barrels of oil — worth roughly $1.5 million. )

more at:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/IraqCoverage/story?id=1734490&page=1

[bryant69]

1. Yeah this is good

Of course this proves how we can't trust our allies and how President Bush was right to turn his back on the rest of the world.

Or at least that is how certain will spin it.

Bryant
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[tularetom]

2. Well yes perhaps but WTF are they gonna do

when the rest of the world on whom bush has turned his back
a. decides that we are they terraists and
b. gets together, gangs up on us and comes here to kick our ass?

[DBoon]

3. But he looked into Putin's eyes and saw trust

and Putin looked into Bush's eyes and thought "gullible schmuck"

[Kagemusha]

4. Allies?...

Um, whatever.

Russia spies on the US. This should not be shocking. They didn't support the US invasion. This should not be shocking either.

[jsamuel]

5. if i remember correctly, didn't we do this on purpose and give them false

locations so that the invasion would be easier?

We said we would come from one place and "gave it to them" and then came from another.

[Just Me]

6. Correct. We also destroyed whatever defense they had left. before the,...

,...occupation.

This is a silly story to suddenly appear.

Silly.

[Warren Stupidity]

7. As if Iraq had an actual army that could do anything

with this information. We could have told the Iraqis the exact order of battle for all of our units and it would not have made a bit of difference. Gulf Farce II was one of the most one-sided wars in recent history. I suppose our 'invasions' of Grenada and Panama were more lopsided, but just barely.