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Report: German Passed Iraq Defense Plan To US

HeadlineFeb 28, 2006

New questions are being raised about the role of the German government in the US invasion of Iraq — an invasion it publicly opposed. The New York Times is reporting German intelligence agents gave the US a copy of Iraq’s plans to defend Baghdad before the invasion. The news comes after last month’s disclosure German intelligence agents in Baghdad helped select at least one bombing target aimed at Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in which twelve civilians were killed.

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