Amar Turki

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London-based Iraqi opposition figure. Saddam Hussein's regime allegedly sent Omar Ismael to assassinate him in 2000, as reported in the Sunday Times by Marie Colvin on 14 January 2001. [1] [2]

In 2004, the reporter of the 2001 article denied that she had been taken in by defectors "faking" intelligence. [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Sunday Times "Torturer lays bare Saddam's death machine", Marie Colvin, 14 January 2001 [DEFUNCT LINK]
  2. ↑ Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq "SADDAM SENT HITMAN TO KILL LONDON FOES : Marie Colvin, Sunday Times, 14th January"
  3. ↑ Common Dreams "Iraqi Exile Group Fed False Information to News Media : Global Misinformation Campaign was Used to Build Case for War
  4. ↑ McClatchy (Truth to Power) "Iraqi exile group fed false information to news media"
  5. ↑ Nuclear Control Institute "Overview of IAEA Nuclear Inspections in Iraq"
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