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"However, I have a couple of questions. How did these documents fall into the hands of The Telegraph? Are they authentic, or forgeries?"

They were found in Baghdad, at the Intelligence office headquarters, in Arabic. I doubt that they are forgeries, in other words, I think they are authentic.

There is ONE slim chance, that may save Putin. It just MAYBE possible, that Putin, while relatively friendly with the Saddam regime, was not aware of the extent of this intelligence sharing and tangible support,that maybe, just maybe, some Russian intelligence officers, who still hate the west were doing it, without Putin's knowledge. Not very likely, but possible.

But Putin better come through with the straight scoop and make amends, or there goes his chance of being part of the prosperous west.

I keep rereading this paragraph and there is no other way of interpreting it, other than not just intel sharing, but supporting ACTION, as in terrorism against Western targets.

"Moscow also provided Saddam with lists of assassins available for "hits" in the West and details of arms deals to neighbouring countries. The two countries also signed agreements to share intelligence, help each other to "obtain" visas for agents to go to other countries and to exchange information on the activities of Osama bin Laden, the al-Qa'eda leader."