Okay, just when you thought that the whole Curveball-Iraqi biological weapons story couldn’t get any weirder, it does. Milton Leitenberg of the Center for International Security Studies has provided me with the exclusive third (and last) part of the story behind the story of the alleged Iraqi mobile biological warfare labs. In Part 1, he revealed that in 2001 the U.S. government had fabricated a “mobile BW lab” for the purposes of training SOCOM operatives on how to identify and exploit an adversary’s BW production facility. In Part 2, Leitenberg discusses how a U.S. contractor developed the now infamous graphics of an Iraqi mobile BW lab — not based on any existing mobile BW lab or any hard intel from Curveball, but rather based on “the processes he [Curveball] described,” which were “assessed by an independent laboratory as workable engineering designs.“
In Part 3, Leitenberg completes the full riddle inside the enigma within a mystery. It may be that we can trace back the idea of a mobile BW laboratory to Scott Ritter during his tour of duty in Iraq in 1998 with UNSCOM. Ritter was trying to obtain information from the Iraqi National Congress, specifically on Iraq’s intelligence agencies and WMD program. In 1998, he talked to Ahmed Chalabi about his suspicion that Saddam may have had mobile chemical or biological weapons labs, which would explain the UNSCOM’s lack of success in finding any evidence. In late 1999–2000, Curveball — the brother of a top lieutenant to Ahmed Chalabi — starts talking to the German intelligence about mobile Iraqi BW labs, who forwards this information to the CIA. At the same time, Chalabi is talking to Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, and Feith about the danger of Iraq’s “WMD program.“
So here we have a rumor started by a former U.S. marine supporting a UN inspection team, where he passes the idea to Chalabi, who passes it to German intel and U.S. defense officials, both of whom pass the story to the CIA. The agency develops graphics drawn by a U.S. contractor based on Curveball’s story and might have known of the mock-up BW lab built for SOCOM, both of which “confirms” the concept that Iraqi mobile BW labs exist, which leads to SecState Powell’s speech at the UN in February 2003 and the media’s echo chamber agreeing with the president that there’s enough evidence to go to war against Iraq.
And as a bonus at the end of this short paper, Leitenberg reveals that Scott Ritter was pulled into a British intelligence op called “Operation Mass Appeal” run by MI6 in 1997. The purpose of “Operation Mass Appeal” was to leak weak and not “actionable” data about Iraq’s WMD program to the media, who would fall upon it like hungry wolves and keep alive the public impression that Saddam had an active WMD program, despite the lack of official government endorsement. Leitenberg notes that the disinformation operation functioned similar to the DOD Office of Special Plans, but didn’t involve disinformation regarding the Iraqi mobile BW production vehicles.
Call George Clooney. I’ve got his next movie plot all ready.
– Jason Sigger, crossposted at Armchair Generalist
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This would a plausible explanation were it not for the couple of mobile labs already found in Iraq.
“US Team Concluded Trailers in Iraq Not Mobile Weapons Labs Despite Bush Claim“
http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/news/2006/intell-060412-voa01.htm
“Administration Pushed Notion of Banned Iraqi Weapons Despite Evidence to Contrary“
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/11/AR2006041101888.html
Well, there must have been some labs somewhere, because there is not any doubt about the Kurds towns killed by poison gas, earlier.
»> “Well, there must have been some labs somewhere, because there is not any doubt about the Kurds towns killed by poison gas, earlier.“
That was before sanctions and inspectors destroyed the WMD program.
BTW, I am stunned by the number of people who still believe that any WMD of note was found in Iraq. Most of them heard that on some right-wing radio show/website which never bothered with a retraction or correction.
Siconik,The mobile weapons labs found in Iraq were certainly not contaminated with traces of biological weapons. However, it is very unlikely also that they were Hydrogen Generators as claimed and they could certainly be used for biological weapon manufacturing. It appears to me that this article does not provide definite proof of what the mobile labs were used for, so there is no need to listen to a right-wing radio/website to reach a different conclusion than yours. I may be wrong, but I seem to recall some relatively recent Pentagon claim that to date about 500
Luc,
It is news to me that what was found in Iraq has after further consideration been classified as “mobile weapons labs”. There has been review after review by various governmental actors that concluded that Iraq had no active WMD program. I believe that the only weapons that have been found were deteriorated to the point of uselessness Iran/Iraq war-era artillery shells.
BTW, the articles sighted above give quite a detailed chain of events re. the origins and propagation of the “Mobile Labs” theory.
But, don’t take my word for it. Here is what the Mr. Mobile Labs himself had to say in retrospect:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4997766/
“Interviewed Sunday on NBC
Luc — Saddam had labs and significant production facilities in the 1980s. Then we beat the snot out of him and the UN pretty well watched him get rid of nearly all of it. What was missing was most probably lost due to accounting errors, such as the 500 chemical shells buried near the Iraq-Iran war. Mustard rounds aren’t all that impressive and the nerve agent degraded to near zero effectiveness.
The “labs” discovered by US forces in 2003 were indeed hydrogen generators. The US Army has a hydrogen generator set on a HMMWV and it looks just like the Iraqi version (but smaller). Iraq had no effective CB warfare capability after 1995. For more reading, see “Where Are the WMDs?“
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591144868/1n9867a-20
“Well, there must have been some labs somewhere, because there is not any doubt about the Kurds towns killed by poison gas, earlier.“
Iraq chemical weapons used against the Iranians and the Kurds were initially supplied by the US (Sarin) and others. (See ttp://www.kentimmerman.com/krt/PoisonGas.pdf) It has also been revealed that nearly all of these weapons were destroyed in GW I (exposure to which apparently caused Gulf War Syndrome) and that the remainder were destroyed by Iraq itself to prevent them from being found by inspectors.
One of the principle reasons for the supply of these agents was the Iraq-Iran war, in which the US used Iraq to extract revenge against Iran for the hostage crisis, which was instigated by the US failure to extradite Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (the dictator installed in a 1953 CIA coup to prevent the nationalization of Iraq
Possibly illuminating:
http://aliberaldose.blogspot.com/2006/02/how-we-came-to-own-iraq-repost.html
Iran gassed the Kurds in 1988
A report prepared by the top CIA official handling the matter says Saddam Hussein was not responsible for the massacre, and indicates that it was the work of Iranians. Further, the Scott inquiry on the role of the British government has gathered evidence that following the massacre the United States in fact armed Saddam Hussein to counter the Iranians chemicals for chemicals.
http://www.u-r-next.com/IranKurds.htm
Powell will never be able to run for office after presenting those ‘facts’. Iraq is a distraction while the US gov’t erodes your rights by stealing private lands, conducting illegal wire-taps, banning books like “America Deceived” from Amazon, and starting 2 wars based on lies. Lies, lies and more lies.
Final link (before Google Books caves to pressure and drops the title):
http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?&isbn=0–595-38523–0
Regarding “America Deceived” It was NEVER available via Amazon or B&N. It was published via “Fast Track” at iUniverse.com (a subsidiary of B&N, btw)
The author choose not to have it released via B&N or Amazon per iUniverse. Political motivation or just a cheapskate? You decide.
If you would like, you can call them yourself and ask. The phone number for iUniverse is 1–800-AUTHORS.
BTW, all politics aside, the book sucks. Mr. 5th of November has posted the same basic post on at least a dozen websites. One has to wonder if he/she isn’t the author pitching a crappy book.
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