![]() ![]() ![]() David Petraeus: How the war in Ukraine will end REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters Ukrainian servicemen fire an anti-aircraft gun towards Russian positions on a frontline near the town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine January 15, 2023. CIA Director George Tenet had famously told Bush that the case that Saddam had WMD was a “ slam dunk.” Piro was under tremendous pressure to find out from Saddam the truth about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and purported ties to al Qaeda. The stakes could not have been higher for the FBI. at his office, which was lined with Middle Eastern history books. for a workout, so he could start on the job at 7 a.m. Piro’s work ethic was impressive: He would arrive at the FBI gym in downtown Washington, DC, at 6 a.m. The FBI decided that George Piro, a Lebanese American special agent in his mid-30s who spoke Arabic, was the right person to interrogate Saddam. On December 13, 2003, US Special Operations Forces found Saddam hiding in a one-man-size hole in northern Iraq. US and UK forces defeated Saddam’s troops within weeks, but an insurgency sprang up against the invaders, which persisted for years. Nor did he have the WMD alleged by US officials. A year after 9/11, two-thirds of Americans said that the Iraqi leader had helped the terrorists, according to Pew Research Center polling, even though there was not a shred of convincing evidence for this. These claims resulted in most Americans believing that Saddam was involved in the September 11, 2001, attacks.
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