As anyone who has listened to me over the years will
know, Iraq had one of the most intricate and sophisticated
intelligence services in the world. Saddam is now using these
people to infiltrate the new government and the police and
security forces of Iraq
Tony
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/World/Iraq_infiltrators_031218.html
Iraqis loyal to Saddam Hussein have infiltrated U.S. operations and are feeding
information to insurgents, an official told ABCNEWS. (ABCNEWS.com) ‘Gold
Mine’
Saddam Hussein’s Loyalists Infiltrated U.S. Operations in Iraq
By Martha Raddatz
Dec. 18— Agents for deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein have penetrated the
U.S. command in Iraq, ABCNEWS has learned. As a result, they have the potential
to undermine U.S. authority.
Among the documents found in Saddam's briefcase when he was captured last
weekend was a list of names of Iraqis who have been working with the United
States — either in the Iraqi security forces or the Coalition Provisional
Authority — and are feeding information to the insurgents, a U.S. official
told ABCNEWS.
"We were badly infiltrated," said the official, adding that finding the list of
names is a "gold mine."
The United States has been rapidly recruiting Iraqis to take over security in
the war-torn nation. Some 162,000 Iraqis have been trained in the areas of
civil defense, police and other security activities since May.
On a recent trip to Baghdad, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was told by the
commander of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division that every two or three
weeks the military discovers someone who should not have made it through the
vetting process.
William Rosenau, who once served in the Pentagon's Office of Special
Operations, says the spies could have caused great harm.
"They could conceivably disrupt operations directed against you. They can throw
sand in the gears, they can spread disinformation," said Rosenau. "They are
going to be able to tell you what those forces are trying to do, what their
equipment is like, what their tactics are going to be and so on."
With the attacks continuing in Iraq, the U.S. military can now use the list to
seek out the infiltrators and, officials hope, stop some of the damage they may
be causing.
Pentagon officials with whom ABCNEWS spoke were not surprised about the
infiltration. It is a common tactic that certainly happened in Vietnam, they
said. But what they continue to worry about are infiltrators whose names are
not on the list.
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