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THE TALK SHOW AMERICAN: Germany admits it gave Iraq intelligence to U.S.

Monday, February 27, 2006

Germany admits it gave Iraq intelligence to U.S.

German intelligence officials provided the United States with information about developments in Iraq during the US-led invasion to which the Berlin government was officially opposed, according to a government dossier.

But the report on the activities of BND foreign intelligence agents in Iraq dismisses claims they assisted the US in its "strategic aerial offensive" against the forces of then-president Saddam Hussein.

Media reports in Germany and the United States had claimed two BND agents who remained in Baghdad after the March 2003 invasion had provided information that helped US forces target their bombs.

The report said the agents relayed information to

BND headquarters in Pullach near Munich where it was evaluated and in some cases passed on to the US.

Some of the data concerned military and troop activities and the location of Iraqi special forces, often ascertained with the help of GPS equipment.

None of this served to support the "strategic aerial war offensive" because no information concerning immediate air or ground operations was passed on, the report said.

The original dossier was 300 pages, but the version made public late Thursday was only 90 pages because of cuts made for security reasons and data protection requirements.

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