Informer affirms 'secret weapon'
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Posted by AndyObermann
On 12/07/2003 10:44:21 AM PST with 10 comments
Washington Times ^ | Dec. 7 | Con Coughlin
BAGHDAD -- An Iraqi colonel has revealed how he passed top-secret information to British intelligence warning that Saddam Hussein had deployed weapons of mass destruction that could be used on the battlefield against coalition troops in less than 45 minutes. Lt. Col. al-Dabbagh, 40, who was the head of an Iraqi air defense unit in the western desert during the buildup to the war, said that cases containing warheads for weapons of mass destruction were delivered to front-line units, including his own, toward the end of last year. He said they were to be used by Saddam's Fedayeen paramilitaries and...
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Paper names '45-minute source'
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Posted by KQQL
On 12/07/2003 4:07:04 AM PST with 9 comments
BBC ^ | 12-07-2003 | BBC
An Iraqi army officer has claimed it was he who told UK intelligence that weapons of mass destruction could be used within 45 minutes of an order from Saddam Hussein. The officer, identified as Lt Col al-Dabbagh, told the London-based Sunday Telegraph newspaper he had provided several reports on the president's WMD plans from early 2002. These included details of how frontline units were supplied with cases of WMD warheads towards the end of last year. Downing Street has so far refused to comment on the report. However, a spokesman said anyone with relevant information should contact the Iraq Survey...
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The truth, at last:SADDAM HAD THE WEAPONS!!!!!!
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Posted by RaceBannon
On 12/06/2003 7:26:45 PM PST with 31 comments
London Telegraph ^ | 12/07/03 | Telegraph.co.UK
The truth, at last (Filed: 07/12/2003) "The West should thank God that the Iraqi army decided not to fight," Lt Col Dabbagh tells the Telegraph's intrepid Con Coughlin in today's newspaper. "If the army had used these weapons there would have been terrible consequences." The weapons Col Dabbagh was referring to are Saddam Hussein's stocks of chemical and biological warheads. A senior officer at the heart of Saddam's armed forces, the colonel was the conduit of the now-infamous claim in the intelligence dossier which Tony Blair presented to Parliament and to the country: the claim that Saddam had the capacity...
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Iraqi army chief backs WMD claim
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Posted by RaceBannon
On 12/06/2003 6:35:16 PM PST with 34 comments
news.com.au ^ | 12-06-03 | From correspondents in London
Iraqi army chief backs WMD claim From correspondents in London December 7, 2003 AN Iraqi officer has identified himself as the source for a British claim about Saddam Hussein's weapons that sparked a controversy marked by the death of a British government arms expert. The Sunday Telegraph said Lt Col al-Dabbagh identified himself as the source for the British government's assertion that Iraq could have deployed chemical or biological weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes of a decision to do so. The paper gave the officer's surname only, citing fears for his safety if he was fully identified. Prime...
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The truth, at last. An Iraqi Colonel: "The West Should Thank God Iraq decided NOT to fight."
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Posted by Happy2BMe
On 12/06/2003 4:21:49 PM PST with 86 comments
Telegraph ^
The truth, at last(Filed: 07/12/2003) "The West should thank God that the Iraqi army decided not to fight," Lt Col Dabbagh tells the Telegraph's intrepid Con Coughlin in today's newspaper. "If the army had used these weapons there would have been terrible consequences." The weapons Col Dabbagh was referring to are Saddam Hussein's stocks of chemical and biological warheads. A senior officer at the heart of Saddam's armed forces, the colonel was the conduit of the now-infamous claim in the intelligence dossier which Tony Blair presented to Parliament and to the country: the claim that Saddam had the capacity to...
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Revealed: the Iraqi colonel who told MI6 that Saddam could launch WMD within 45 minutes
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Posted by Mark Felton
On 12/06/2003 5:37:33 PM PST with 38 comments
Telegraph ^ | 12/6/03 | Con Coughlin
An Iraqi colonel who commanded a front-line unit during the build-up to the war in Iraq has revealed how he passed top secret information to British intelligence warning that Saddam Hussein had deployed weapons of mass destruction that could be used on the battlefield against coalition troops in less than 45 minutes. Lt-Col al-Dabbagh, 40, who was the head of an Iraqi air defence unit in the western desert, said that cases containing WMD warheads were delivered to front-line units, including his own, towards the end of last year. He said they were to be used by Saddam's Fedayeen paramilitaries...
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Iraqi army chief backs WMD claim
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Posted by Mark Felton
On 12/06/2003 5:24:19 PM PST with 28 comments
Associated Press ^ | 12/6/03 | Associated Press
AN Iraqi officer has identified himself as the source for a British claim about Saddam Hussein's weapons that sparked a controversy marked by the death of a British government arms expert. The Sunday Telegraph said Lt Col al-Dabbagh identified himself as the source for the British government's assertion that Iraq could have deployed chemical or biological weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes of a decision to do so. The paper gave the officer's surname only, citing fears for his safety if he was fully identified. Prime Minister Tony Blair's office declined comment on the newspaper report, which featured in...
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How the 45-minute claim got from Baghdad to No 10
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Posted by Pokey78
On 12/06/2003 4:38:57 PM PST with 8 comments
The Sunday Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 12/07/03 | Con Coughlin
It was the claim Tony Blair used to justify war, but who was the source? Con Coughlin, in Baghdad, tracked him downLieutenant-Colonel al-Dabbagh is not a man who is easily frightened. Having spied on Saddam's regime for British and American intelligence for more than seven years, the 40-year-old former Iraqi air defence commander lived with the constant fear that he might be caught, tortured and executed.So when last week, shortly after I had interviewed him in Baghdad about his involvement in the infamous 45-minute claim, he received two death threats from Saddam's loyalists, his determination to describe his involvement in...
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