Where are the Iraq's Secrets archives of Saddam's regime ?
U.S. troops arrived too late to take control of many of the 23 government ministries and other intelligence-rich sites in Baghdad. Local Iraqis carted off bags of documents and videotapes from secret-police facilities. An American TV company reportedly stuffed several vehicles with secret Iraqi documents.
Complicating the hunt for sensitive documents and electronic files are swarms of Iranian agents with their own agenda .
Other governments want to have access to (or take control of) the secrets of Iraq's oil supplies, money-moving networks, weapons programs and human operatives.
Forces loyal to Saddam have been destroying evidence for weeks.
Foreign governments that had helped the regime including , Russia , France and Germany reportedly want some of Saddam's secrets to stay secret.
Even some U.S. officials are said to want to prevent certain Iraqi secrets from seeing the light of day in order to cover up for Russia and other countries in the interests of diplomacy and cooperation.
The archives have explosive intelligence, diplomatic, economic and commercial value.
They also are powerful tools of political warfare, by which secrets can be deployed to discredit and even hunt down adversaries, empower friends and help a divided society come to terms with its hideous recent past.
Everyone has been hunting for loot or evidence .
Western intelligence agencies, which appear not to have let this unique opportunity pass , as " noted Daily Telegraph reporter David Blair :
More than 1,000 Defense Intelligence Agency analysts went to Iraq to itemize and index the regime's written records.
We can ask now :
are most of the terror's actions around us in Iraq , a part of the secret agents conflict in this area ?
Complicating the hunt for sensitive documents and electronic files are swarms of Iranian agents with their own agenda .
Other governments want to have access to (or take control of) the secrets of Iraq's oil supplies, money-moving networks, weapons programs and human operatives.
Forces loyal to Saddam have been destroying evidence for weeks.
Foreign governments that had helped the regime including , Russia , France and Germany reportedly want some of Saddam's secrets to stay secret.
Even some U.S. officials are said to want to prevent certain Iraqi secrets from seeing the light of day in order to cover up for Russia and other countries in the interests of diplomacy and cooperation.
The archives have explosive intelligence, diplomatic, economic and commercial value.
They also are powerful tools of political warfare, by which secrets can be deployed to discredit and even hunt down adversaries, empower friends and help a divided society come to terms with its hideous recent past.
Everyone has been hunting for loot or evidence .
Western intelligence agencies, which appear not to have let this unique opportunity pass , as " noted Daily Telegraph reporter David Blair :
More than 1,000 Defense Intelligence Agency analysts went to Iraq to itemize and index the regime's written records.
We can ask now :
are most of the terror's actions around us in Iraq , a part of the secret agents conflict in this area ?
posted by A Free Writer @ 9/28/2005
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