The CIA, Forged Document, and the Lead Up to War
Did the CIA manufacture phony documents linking al-Qaeda to Saddam Hussein in an effort to assist the Bush Administration in its lead up to war in Iraq? According to a new book, “The Way of the World”, the CIA has although the agency adamantly denies the allegation. The author contends that once the Bush Administration learned in 2003 that the Iraqi President no longer possessed weapons of mass destruction, they ordered the CIA to concoct a fake document that purported to show that Iraq helped trained Mohamed Atta, one of the hijackers in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The purpose behind this forgery was to influence public opinion about the war.
Tags: al-Qaeda, Bush Administration, CIA, forged document, iraq, Saddam Hussein
