[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The Reuters report:

Pentagon report says Russia gave Iraq intelligence

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Pentagon report says Russia gave Iraq intelligence

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Russia provided intelligence to Iraq's government in the opening days of the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, including information that fed Iraqi suspicions that the main U.S. invasion force coming from Kuwait was actually a diversion, a Pentagon report released on Friday stated.

The report said an April 2, 2003, document from the Iraqi minister of foreign affairs to President Saddam Hussein stated that Russian intelligence had reported information on American troops plans to the Iraqis through the Russian ambassador.

The intelligence, the document stated, was that the American forces were moving to cut off Baghdad from the south, east and north, that U.S. bombing would concentrate on Baghdad and that the assault on Baghdad would not begin before around April 15.

In fact, Baghdad fell about a week before that date.

"Significantly, the regime was also receiving intelligence from the Russians that fed suspicions that the attack out of Kuwait was merely a diversion," the report stated.

The revelations were contained in a report by the U.S. military's Joint Forces Command assessing the events in the opening months of the war.

[b4its2late]

Just goes to show you how intelligent the Russians are. Like we weren't going to find out? What will we do? Probably nothing.......

[LZ_Bayonet]

"one piece of Russian intelligence actually contributed to an important U.S. military deception effort"

With enemies like this, who needs friends!

[GEC]

The Russians are still scum.

[tomahawk]

How many Americans died as a result?

Why should we not given the Chechen freedom fighters intel on Russian army movements?

Russia is our enemy.

[KarlInOhio]

But the Dems were braying for more partners to help us. Would the French have betrayed us this way? Oops, stupid question.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Wonder if the ambassador had dinner with Jay Rockefeller?

[LZ_Bayonet]

Today, on another thread, I addressed the incompetence of the MSM media - this is perfect example, made even more so because it is by an "expert" MSM writer (the "AP Military Writer"):

"U.S. military also erred"
"U.S. officials believed Iraq would set its oil wells on fire as part of a scorched-earth policy, and the invasion plan was constructed in ways meant to get U.S. troops to the southern oil wells before they could be torched. The new report said, however, that while captured Iraqi documents show that there were plans made at the regional or local level to destroy the northern and southern oil wells, Saddam had expressly forbidden it."

Mr. AP "Military Writer", please tell me how long it would take Saddam to "unforbid" torching the oil wells and to transmit that order via radio? Five seconds? Forty seconds?

Now tell me how long it would take to determine that he had made the "unforbid" decision and to put forces in place to protect the wells?

[george wythe]

Whether by chance or design, one piece of Russian intelligence actually contributed to an important U.S. military deception effort. By telling Saddam that the main attack on Baghdad would not begin until the Army's 4th Infantry Division arrived around April 15, the Russians reinforced an impression that U.S. commanders were trying to create to catch the Iraqis by surprise.

I all can say it that Allah must have been ticked off with Saddam Hussein.

"All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28

[shezza]

This was known during the opening weeks of the war, was it not? Russian advisors on hand, including those in the ... er ... "diplomatic" convoy of trucks heading for Syria, had to be evacuated and their safety assured before American action could be taken, regardless of their nefarious reasons for being there in the first place.

Russia is NOT our friend (the president's view to Putin's soul notwithstanding).

[Red6]

Nice.

I'm sure this will be a minor story in our MSM.

They have bigger pressing stories. (sarcasm)

[SE Mom]

Holy @#$% ping.

Sooner..or later..it may all come out...how our "allies" were subverting our attempt to make Saddam behave.

[Proctor]

Whether by chance or design, one piece of Russian intelligence actually contributed to an important U.S. military deception effort. By telling Saddam that the main attack on Baghdad would not begin until the Army's 4th Infantry Division arrived around April 15, the Russians reinforced an impression that U.S. commanders were trying to create to catch the Iraqis by surprise.

Sounds like the Russians were helping is out - no wonder Bush was so chummy with Putin after the invasion on Putin's trip to Washington.

What I find laughable is with such a 'wink-wink' line added in the people here are all upset and can't read between the lines. I guess Saddam was not the only one fooled by this feint.

Remember - Russia was also trying to negotiate into getting Saddam to step down and go into exile in Jordan and this was probably a way to scare him into going.

Putin also warned Bush about planned attacks on America by Saddam after 9/11.

[familyop]

From PalestineFacts.org:
Under "Military Provocation By Arab Countries and Soviet Disinformation"

Here's an excerpt:

At the same time, and unknown to the Israelis, the Soviet Union mounted a disinformation campaign pushing Egypt to join Syria against Israel. At that time, the Soviets were providing military and economic aid to both Syria and Egypt. On May 13, 1967 a Soviet parliamentary delegation visited Cairo and informed the Egyptian leaders that Israel had concentrated eleven to thirteen brigades along the Syrian border in preparation for an assault within a few days, with the intention of overthrowing the revolutionary Syrian Government. This was a complete fabrication designed by the Soviets to destabilize the Middle East. Similar false information may have been given to Egypt by the Soviets as early as May 2.

How could we go about diplomatically and effectively persuading a country to abandon some of the more destructive kinds of nationalist practices? I don't know. It's a difficult problem, if that country was once the host and benefactor of a large empire.

[eyespysomething]

Confirmed by the Pentagon (I love it when a plan comes together)

Pentagon: Russia Gave Saddam U.S. Intel

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Operation Iraqi Freedom Documents

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Documents from the Harmony Database

[Bret]

And W looked in his eyes and saw..........what?

[TChris]

Russia (Putin) is really starting to tick me off.

[spyone]

Dow Jones newswire now saying Russia got the info from US Central Command. This is treason.

[shield]

No surprise....here....

[RusIvan]

Probably Rmzaj work. http://www.google.ru/search?hl=en&q=ramzaj+Iraq&btnG=Google+Search