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April 04, 2003
3 CIA assets killed in Baghdad

As seen on Drudge tonight, United Press International reports...

Three Iraqis who aided the CIA in the March 20 attempt by the United States to kill Iraqi President Saddam Hussein were executed this week by Iraqi counterintelligence, former and serving U.S. officials told United Press International.

A super-secret U.S. intelligence operation, working in Baghdad for weeks before the war, provided the crucial targeting data for the attack on Saddam and his sons, launched in an effort to pre-empt a full-scale war, these sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Posted By joy at April 4, 2003 09:02 PM | TrackBack
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> "The strategy is to goad him to appear so that we can kill him," one former senior agency covert operative said.

How can you be a "senior agency covert operative" and reveal your strategy to a reporter?

Posted by: ElCapitanAmerica at April 4, 2003 09:06 PM

These guys are their new country's Nathan Hales.

Posted by: Mark Casper at April 4, 2003 09:11 PM

I'm not buying it - too many unnamed officials, "former" operatives, etc. - and it sure does make the article's writer look in-the-know and well-connected.

Posted by: hotogo at April 4, 2003 09:49 PM

I'd never advise someone to risk their lives on US trust.

Posted by: Jim Bosso at April 5, 2003 02:26 AM
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