An Iraqi man whose testimony the United States used as a key evidence to build a case for war in Iraq says he is proud that he lied about his country developing mobile biological warfare labs.<\/p>\n
The Guardian newspaper published an interview Wednesday with Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, who has been identified as the informer called \u201cCurveball,\u201d whose claims about weapon labs formed part of then-US Secretary of State Colin Powell\u2019s speech to the UN Security Council in 2003, shortly before the war began.<\/p>\n
The Guardian quoted al-Janabi as saying: \u201cI had the chance to fabricate something to topple the regime. I and my sons are proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although some intelligence agents were skeptical of Curveball\u2019s story, the US Senate Intelligence Committee reported in 2004 that the Central Intelligence Agency \u201cwithheld important information about Curveball\u2019s reliability\u201d from analysts dealing with the case.<\/p>\n
The Guardian interviewed al-Janabi in Karlsruhe, Germany in a mixture of Arabic and German. The US Senate panel\u2019s report said Curveball spoke in English and Arabic when he was interrogated by intelligence officers.<\/p>\n
Asked about his feeling\u2019s about the deaths and destruction during the war and in the years following, The Guardian said al-Janabi said there was no other way.<\/p>\n
\u201cI tell you something when I hear anybody not just in Iraq but in any war (is) killed, I am very sad. But give me another solution. Can you give me another solution?\u201d the newspaper quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n
\u201cSaddam did not (allow) freedom in our land,\u201d the Iraqi said. \u201cThere are no other political parties. You have to believe what Saddam says, and do what Saddam wants. And I don\u2019t accept that. I have to do something for my country. So I did this and I am satisfied, because there is no dictator in Iraq any more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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