"U.S. War Plan Leaked to Iraqis by Russian Ambassador"
Two Iraqi documents from March 2003 — on the eve of the U.S.-led invasion — and
addressed to the secretary of Saddam Hussein, describe details of a U.S. plan
for war. According to the documents, the plan was disclosed to the Iraqis by the
Russian ambassador.Document written sometime before March 5, 2003
The first document (CMPC-2003-001950) is a handwritten account of a meeting
with the Russian ambassador that details his description of the composition,
size, location and type of U.S. military forces arrayed in the Gulf and Jordan.
The document includes the exact numbers of tanks, armored vehicles, different
types of aircraft, missiles, helicopters, aircraft carriers, and other forces,
and also includes their exact locations. The ambassador also described the
positions of two Special Forces units.Document dated March 25, 2003
The second document (CMPC-2004-001117) is a typed account, signed by Deputy
Foreign Minister Hammam Abdel Khaleq, that states that the Russian ambassador
has told the Iraqis that the United States was planning to deploy its force into
Iraq from Basra in the South and up the Euphrates, and would avoid entering
major cities on the way to Baghdad, which is, in fact what happened. The
documents also state "Americans are also planning on taking control of the oil
fields in Kirkuk." The information was obtained by the Russians from "sources at
U.S. Central Command in Doha, Qatar," according to the document.This document also includes an account of an amusing incident in which
several Iraqi Army officers (presumably seeking further elaboration of the U.S.
war plans) contacted the Russian Embassy in Baghdad and stated that the
ambassador was their source. Needless to say, this caused great embarrassment to
the ambassador, and the officers were instructed "not to mention the ambassador
again in that context."(Editor's Note: The Russian ambassador in March 2003 was Vladimir
Teterenko. Teterenko appears in documents released by the Volker Commission,
which investigated the Oil for Food scandal, as receiving allocations of 3
million barrels of oil — worth roughly $1.5 million. )
If this shit is proved to be true...my outrage is already uncontrollable, this is an act of war, in my opinion.
h/t: Drudge
