US-based Norwegian Weapons Inspector Accuses The USA And Secretary Of State Colin Powell With Providing ‘Incorrect and Misleading’ Information To U.N. Security Council

USA lied about Iraq’s weapons
By Jonathan Tisdall for the Aftenposten English Web Desk.

A US-based Norwegian weapons inspector accuses the USA and Secretary of State Colin Powell with providing the United Nations Security Council with incorrect and misleading information about Iraq’s possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), newspaper Dagbladet reports…
Siljeholm told Dagbladet that Colin Powell’s report to the Security Council on how Iraq camouflaged their WMD program was full of holes.
“Much of what he said was wrong. It did not match up at all with our information. The entire speech was misleading,” Siljeholm said.
Asked if the Americans lied, Siljeholm said: “Lie is a strong word – but yes, the information Powell presented about Iraq’s nuclear program was simply incorrect,” Siljeholm said.
“We received much incomplete and poor intelligence information from the Americans, and our cooperation developed accordingly. Much of what has been claimed about WMDs has proven to be sheer nonsense. From what I have seen they are going to war on very little,” Siljeholm told Dagbladet.


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USA lied about Iraq’s weapons
A US-based Norwegian weapons inspector accuses the USA and Secretary of State Colin Powell with providing the United Nations Security Council with incorrect and misleading information about Iraq’s possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), newspaper Dagbladet reports.
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