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On January 7, 1999, The New York Times headlined "US Spied on Iraq Under UN Cover," saying:
Unnamed US officials confirmed it. American "spies had worked undercover on teams of United Nations arms inspectors ferreting out secret Iraqi weapons programs."
Saddam's government said UN teams were riddled with "American spies and agents."
"Scientists, military officers, diplomats and other professionals serve on the commission. The United States included some intelligence officers, using diplomatic cover or other professional identities, to gather intelligence independently, according to the officials."
Former Iraq chief weapons inspector Scott Ritter (1991 - 1998) said CIA operatives corrupted UNSCOM. It was the special commission to investigate alleged Iraqi WMDs.
Ritter called it "a facade." It wasn't about disarming Iraq. It was used for regime change. GWH Bush ordered it. Clinton and GW Bush continued it.
Ritter and other monitors understood the scheme. Washington controlled the process. UNSCOM was a Trojan Horse. Saddam, not WMDs, were targeted. Aggressive spying was conducted. War was waged on false pretenses.
Official reasons given were to disarm Saddam. It "was a bald-faced lie." Intelligence was fixed to justify policy.
"Nobody wants to talk about the deception, the lies, the distortion that took place."
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