Israel Shares Blame on Iraq Intelligence, Report Says

[Goldstein]

Israel Shares Blame on Iraq Intelligence, Report Says

By Molly Moore
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, December 5, 2003; Page A18

JERUSALEM, Dec. 4 -- Israel was a "full partner" in U.S. and British intelligence failures that exaggerated former president Saddam Hussein's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a report by an Israeli military research center has charged.

"The failures of this war indicate weaknesses and inherent flaws within Israeli intelligence and among Israeli decision-makers," Brig. Gen. Shlomo Brom wrote in an analysis for Tel Aviv University's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies.

Israeli intelligence services and political leaders provided "an exaggerated assessment of Iraqi capabilities," raising "the possibility that the intelligence picture was manipulated," wrote Brom, former deputy commander of the Israeli military's planning division.

David Baker, a spokesman for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, declined to comment on the report. (cont'd. at link)

 

[Silvio Dante]

Nothing we didn't know. But its good to see some in Occupied Palestine taking responsibility....

 

[ACougar]

While the Illegal invasion of Iraq did nothing to enhance our own security, there can be no doubt that Israel feels much safer without the Baath party in charge of Iraq. Can't help but wonder if we were intentionaly manipulated.

Israel Shares Blame on Iraq Intelligence, Report Says

By Molly Moore
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, December 5, 2003; Page A18

JERUSALEM, Dec. 4 -- Israel was a "full partner" in U.S. and British intelligence failures that exaggerated former president Saddam Hussein's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a report by an Israeli military research center has charged.

"The failures of this war indicate weaknesses and inherent flaws within Israeli intelligence and among Israeli decision-makers," Brig. Gen. Shlomo Brom wrote in an analysis for Tel Aviv University's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies.

Israeli intelligence services and political leaders provided "an exaggerated assessment of Iraqi capabilities," raising "the possibility that the intelligence picture was manipulated," wrote Brom, former deputy commander of the Israeli military's planning division.

David Baker, a spokesman for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, declined to comment on the report. (cont'd. at link)