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CIA deal blow to Bush attack plans
(Julian Borger, The Guardian, October 10, 2002)
President George Bush's attempt to maintain public support for military action against Iraq has taken a fresh blow from an unexpected quarter, with the publication of a letter from the CIA stating that while Saddam Hussein poses little threat to America now, a US invasion could push him into retaliating with chemical or biological weapons. . . . The unusually detailed public statement, in the form of a letter from the CIA director, George Tenet, to Congress, comes at a highly sensitive moment . . . In a chilling excerpt, Mr Tenet warned that if Saddam was personally threatened he might seize "his last chance to exact vengeance by taking a large number of victims with him". . . . The risk of such an attack, possibly involving weapons of mass destruction, would rise from "low" to "pretty high" were Saddam to feel cornered by US military might. . . . Approval for military action has fallen from 57% last month to 53% this week, according to a US Gallup poll. . . . It is unusual for the CIA to put such details of its intelligence assessments into a public document. The letter was produced after intense pressure from senators. . . . The letter also comes at a time when the CIA is competing with the more hawkish Pentagon, which is also supplying the White House with intelligence on the Iraqi threat.

posted by LoZo 3:52 PM