[lit-ideas] AP: Putin Says Russia Warned U.S. About Attacks by Iraq
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Putin Says Russia Warned U.S. About Attacks by Iraq
By BAGILA BUKHARBAYEVA, AP
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (June 18) -- Russia gave the Bush administration
intelligence after the September 11 attacks that suggested Saddam Hussein's
regime in
Iraq was preparing attacks in the United States, President Vladimir Putin said
Friday.
Putin said he couldn't comment on how critical the Russians' information was
in the U.S. decision to invade Iraq.
In Washington, a U.S. official said Putin's information did not add to what
the United States already knew about Saddam's intentions.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity
of the information, said the Russian tip did not specify a time or a place
where an attack might take place.
The Bush administration in part justified the invasion of Iraq by saying
Saddam had links to terror groups, including al-Qaida. The U.S. commission
investigating the Sept. 11 attacks said this week there was no evidence of any
collaboration between Iraq and Osama bin Laden's terror network.
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