Oh, that crazy Vladimir!
Too bad when Bush looked into his soul he didn't see this.
Documents: Russians Fed Saddam Info During Iraq Invasion: Value Of Information Not Known
WASHINGTON -- Russia had a military intelligence unit operating in Iraq up through the 2003 U.S. invasion and fall of Baghdad, a Russian analyst said Friday. A Pentagon report said Russia provided Saddam Hussein with intelligence on U.S. military movements and plans.
The unclassified report does not assess the value of the information or provide details beyond citing two captured Iraqi documents that say the Russians collected information from sources "inside the American Central Command" and that battlefield intelligence was provided to Saddam through the Russian ambassador in Baghdad.
A classified version of the Pentagon report, titled "Iraqi Perspectives Project," is not being made public.
A duty officer with Russia's Foreign Ministry refused to comment on the report late Friday evening and said questions must be faxed in advance before any answers would be given.
No one answered the phones at the Defense Ministry.
Pavel Felgenhauer, a respected independent Moscow-based military analyst, said the report was within the realm of possibility.
"It's quite plausible," he told The Associated Press.