Broad purges wiped out most Iraqis helping CIA

USA TODAY ^ | 6/16/03 | John Diamond

[kattracks]

From 1991 to 2003, Saddam's security forces killed hundreds of U.S.-linked Iraqi agents, intelligence sources say. Sometimes security officials ferreted the spies out and executed them, and sometimes they made what amounted to lucky kills, executing spies along with non-spies during broader purges.

[AdmSmith]

Despite periodic efforts, U.S. intelligence had a hard time penetrating Saddam's inner circle. In the mid-1990s, according to former CIA clandestine officer Robert Baer, in his book See No Evil, the agency "had no human sources inside or even near Saddam's circle — none."

Bob should know, he was responsible for the Operations in Northern Iraq. Ask him what he thinks about how Washington handled the situation in the 90s.

[Free the USA]

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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