EEUU ATACÓ IRAK DEBIDO A LAS INFORMACIONES DE UN BORRACHO MENTIROSO

Aunque pudiera parecer que "los borrachos nunca mienten", en este caso las fuentes de información de EEUU fallaron. Como cuenta The Guardian, algunas de las conclusiones de los servicios de inteligencia sobre las armas de Irak se basaron en un iraquí conocido por sus locuras, borracheras y mentiras.

An alcoholic cousin of an aide to Ahmed Chalabi has emerged as the key source in the US rationale for going to war in Iraq.

According to a US presidential commission looking into pre-war intelligence failures, the basis for pivotal intelligence on Iraq's alleged biological weapons programmes and fleet of mobile labs was a spy described as 'crazy' by his intelligence handlers and a 'congenital liar' by his friends. The defector, given the code-name Curveball by the CIA, has emerged as the central figure in the corruption of US intelligence estimates on Iraq. Despite considerable doubts over Curveball's credibility, his claims were included in the administration's case for war without caveat.

Otro episodio más sobre la brillante labor de los servicios de inteligencia estadounidenses.