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Thread ID: 7582 | Posts: 8 | Started: 2003-06-24
2003-06-24 01:57 | User Profile
Spain's government, which supported the US-led war against Baghdad, distorted intelligence on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in the lead-up to the war, a leading newspaper said Monday. The report in the left-leaning El Pais prompted Socialist opposition leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to call for a parliamentary committee meeting to clarify whether Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar had misrepresented the intelligence information available to him.
The threat from Iraq's alleged arsenal of weapons of mass destruction was cited as the main reason for the US-led invasion in March, which Aznar's conservative cabinet staunchly supported.
El Pais said Spain's CNI intelligence service had ruled out from the outset of the Iraqi crisis the possibility that Baghdad had the capability to build nuclear weapons.
Neither could CNI establish any close links between the former Saddam Hussein regime and al-Qaeda terrorist networks, as suggested by members of Spain's conservative government, El Pais said.
El Pais quoted CNI as saying in February that activity continued at certain Iraqi sites under investigation, and that "Iraq still has the will to develop weapons of mass destruction (especially) in chemical and biological areas as well as missiles."
But CNI also said Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction, did not have the capacity to use them and posed no imminent threat that would have required immediate military action, the daily insisted.
:taz:
2003-06-24 04:02 | User Profile
Have a link for that news article?
2003-06-24 12:09 | User Profile
*Originally posted by spartakos@Jun 24 2003, 03:57 * ** Spain's government, which supported the US-led war against Baghdad, distorted intelligence on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in the lead-up to the war, a leading newspaper said Monday. The report in the left-leaning El Pais prompted Socialist opposition leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to call for a parliamentary committee meeting to clarify whether Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar had misrepresented the intelligence information available to him.
The threat from Iraq's alleged arsenal of weapons of mass destruction was cited as the main reason for the US-led invasion in March, which Aznar's conservative cabinet staunchly supported.
El Pais said Spain's CNI intelligence service had ruled out from the outset of the Iraqi crisis the possibility that Baghdad had the capability to build nuclear weapons.
Neither could CNI establish any close links between the former Saddam Hussein regime and al-Qaeda terrorist networks, as suggested by members of Spain's conservative government, El Pais said.
El Pais quoted CNI as saying in February that activity continued at certain Iraqi sites under investigation, and that "Iraq still has the will to develop weapons of mass destruction (especially) in chemical and biological areas as well as missiles."
But CNI also said Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction, did not have the capacity to use them and posed no imminent threat that would have required immediate military action, the daily insisted.
:taz: **
Aznar is the Spanish Bush, he is a shame for many Spaniards and for many true conservatives here. His PP (Partido Popular) is a false conservative party, it is very Neocon and it is the main culprit of many bad things that it happening here, including the high rate of illegal and legal immigration (now thanks to Aznar we have 3 million of non-European immigrants) in the last five years.
2003-06-24 15:05 | User Profile
Madrid: I take it you are a fellow European? Spanish? good! I can understand your frustration my friend, the same thing is happening in Greece. It's as if a plan is being carried out, a plan to difuse the European continent of its ethnicities, I wonder who could be behind such a diabolical plan? ;)
2003-06-24 15:42 | User Profile
*Originally posted by spartakos@Jun 24 2003, 09:05 * ** Madrid: I take it you are a fellow European? Spanish? good! I can understand your frustration my friend, the same thing is happening in Greece. It's as if a plan is being carried out, a plan to difuse the European continent of its ethnicities, I wonder who could be behind such a diabolical plan? ;) **
Spartakos, the plan and the peoples behind the destruction of Europe are behind the destruction of Amerique, if you support Israel or do not support Israel, you will be treated in the same manner. France, Allemagne et Russie did not support the lies of the USA in the ridiculous wasted war in Iraq but they are today being bombarded by non-Whites and Russians have only one TV channel for any information. Spain, England, Holland and soon Poland, will be multi culturalized beyond reconaissance!
Vive toujours le vrai Europeen! Bas les basanes!
PS: I live in USA.
2003-06-24 18:21 | User Profile
*Originally posted by spartakos@Jun 24 2003, 17:05 * ** Madrid: I take it you are a fellow European? Spanish? good! I can understand your frustration my friend, the same thing is happening in Greece. It's as if a plan is being carried out, a plan to difuse the European continent of its ethnicities, I wonder who could be behind such a diabolical plan? ;) **
Yes I am European, I am a Spaniard from Asturias (Northern Spain). I think that such plan exist, that plan is implemented from Brussels by the plutocrats that are owners of the EU. You Know they decreed that Europe has to import 30 million non-whites in next decades, and this won't benefit to us, just to them.
Damned plutocrats and corrupts politicians.
2003-06-24 19:36 | User Profile
*Originally posted by spartakos@Jun 24 2003, 01:57 * ** Spain's government, which supported the US-led war against Baghdad, distorted intelligence on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in the lead-up to the war, a leading newspaper said Monday. The report in the left-leaning El Pais prompted Socialist opposition leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to call for a parliamentary committee meeting to clarify whether Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar had misrepresented the intelligence information available to him.
The threat from Iraq's alleged arsenal of weapons of mass destruction was cited as the main reason for the US-led invasion in March, which Aznar's conservative cabinet staunchly supported.
El Pais said Spain's CNI intelligence service had ruled out from the outset of the Iraqi crisis the possibility that Baghdad had the capability to build nuclear weapons.
Neither could CNI establish any close links between the former Saddam Hussein regime and al-Qaeda terrorist networks, as suggested by members of Spain's conservative government, El Pais said.
El Pais quoted CNI as saying in February that activity continued at certain Iraqi sites under investigation, and that "Iraq still has the will to develop weapons of mass destruction (especially) in chemical and biological areas as well as missiles."
But CNI also said Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction, did not have the capacity to use them and posed no imminent threat that would have required immediate military action, the daily insisted.
:taz: **
I'm pleasantly surprised that this story seems to be gaining some traction in Europe. The BBC reports it regularly.
There is more mention of it in the States than I'd expected. See today's NYT Paul Krugman op/ed.
I didn't think that it would make it this far.
I wonder how far the media will let it go?
Walter
2003-06-24 19:44 | User Profile
*Originally posted by Walter Yannis@Jun 24 2003, 13:36 * ** I wonder how far the media will let it go? **
Just far enough to allow the the 'respectable opponents' of Bush and the neo-cons to believe that the the same gang who is controlling our government is not also in control of our press [and every other aspect of American life].