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And from the NY Times.....

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U.S. Inquiry Finds Russians Passed Spy Data to Iraq in '03

By THOM SHANKER

Published: March 25, 2006

A Russian spy operation provided information on U.S. war plans to Iraqi officials in the early days of the war, documents show.

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And the Washington Post:

Russia Denies Leaking U.S. Intelligence To Iraq in 2003

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Associated Press
Sunday, March 26, 2006; Page A15

MOSCOW, March 25 --

MOSCOW, March 25 -- Russia's foreign spy agency denied Saturday that Moscow had given former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein information on U.S. troop movements and plans during the invasion of Iraq, while analysts speculated that the Pentagon claim was tied to a growing rift between the West and the Kremlin.

A Pentagon report Friday cited two seized Iraqi documents as saying Russia obtained information from sources "inside the American Central Command" in Qatar and passed battlefield intelligence to Hussein through the former Russian ambassador in Baghdad.

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service dismissed the claims.