Ex-CIA analyst (Pillar) condemns Bush 'manipulation campaign' on Iraq

[kpete]

Ex-CIA analyst condemns Bush 'manipulation campaign' on Iraq

MADRID (AFP) - A former Middle East specialist of the US Central Intelligence Agency has condemned what he called an organised campaign of manipulation by the Bush administration to justify the Iraq war.

Paul Pillar, a former CIA analyst specialising in counter-terrorism in the Middle East and Asia, said in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais that the United States had particularly wanted to prove a link between Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein.

"That was not the case," he was quoted as saying. "I suppose by some definitions that could be called a lie."

"There was an organised campaign of manipulation," El Pais also quoted Pillar as saying. "That would be the proper way to define it."

The decision to invade Iraq was taken as early as the beginning of 2002, a year before hostilities began, Pillar said.

more at:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-mharrisrequest006may04,0,6180280.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

[EVDebs]

1. Kpete, did any US media pick this story up at all ? eom

[kpete]

2. Not yet

But I will keep looking...
Peace!

[EC]

3. This is why people can't spell anymore

this is an international reporting service and we get this: specialising

it should be : specializing


Anyway, it's good more and more are condemning the creep ** for politics of war....