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| − | '''Rafid Ahmed Alwan''', known by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] codenam '''"Curveball"''', is an Iraqi citizen who defected from Iraq in 1999, claiming that he had worked as a chemical engineer at a plant that manufactured mobile biological weapon laboratories as part of an Iraqi weapons of mass destruction program.<ref>BBC Online [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7075501.stm Iraq war source's name revealed], [[BBC News]] 2007-11-02</ref> Alwan's allegations were subsequently shown to be false by the [[Iraq Survey Group]]'s final report published in 2004.<ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB234/index.htm The Record on CURVEBALL: Declassified Documents and Key Participants Show the Importance of Phony Intelligence in the Origins of the Iraq War], [[National Security Archive]], The George Washington University, 2007-11-07, accessed 27 April 2009</ref><ref>Bob Drogin [http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/08-1NRspring/p12-drogin.html Determining the Reliability of a Key CIA Source] Nieman Foundation for Journalism at [[Harvard University]], Spring, 2008, accessed 27 April 2009</ref> | + | '''[[Rafid Ahmed Alwan]]''', known by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] codenam '''"Curveball"''', is an Iraqi citizen who defected from Iraq in 1999, claiming that he had worked as a chemical engineer at a plant that manufactured mobile biological weapon laboratories as part of an Iraqi weapons of mass destruction program.<ref>BBC Online [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7075501.stm Iraq war source's name revealed], [[BBC News]] 2007-11-02</ref> Alwan's allegations were subsequently shown to be false by the [[Iraq Survey Group]]'s final report published in 2004.<ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB234/index.htm The Record on CURVEBALL: Declassified Documents and Key Participants Show the Importance of Phony Intelligence in the Origins of the Iraq War], [[National Security Archive]], The George Washington University, 2007-11-07, accessed 27 April 2009</ref><ref>Bob Drogin [http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/08-1NRspring/p12-drogin.html Determining the Reliability of a Key CIA Source] Nieman Foundation for Journalism at [[Harvard University]], Spring, 2008, accessed 27 April 2009</ref> |
Revision as of 07:52, 27 April 2009
Rafid Ahmed Alwan, known by the Central Intelligence Agency codenam "Curveball", is an Iraqi citizen who defected from Iraq in 1999, claiming that he had worked as a chemical engineer at a plant that manufactured mobile biological weapon laboratories as part of an Iraqi weapons of mass destruction program.[1] Alwan's allegations were subsequently shown to be false by the Iraq Survey Group's final report published in 2004.[2][3]
Notes
- ↑ BBC Online Iraq war source's name revealed, BBC News 2007-11-02
- ↑ The Record on CURVEBALL: Declassified Documents and Key Participants Show the Importance of Phony Intelligence in the Origins of the Iraq War, National Security Archive, The George Washington University, 2007-11-07, accessed 27 April 2009
- ↑ Bob Drogin Determining the Reliability of a Key CIA Source Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, Spring, 2008, accessed 27 April 2009
