Russia accuses U.S. of agenda with release (Saddam report)

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Russia accuses U.S. of agenda with release
Associated Press

MOSCOW - Russia's foreign minister accused the United States on Monday of having "hidden political motives" for a report that said Moscow turned over information on American military plans to Saddam Hussein during the invasion of Iraq.

The Pentagon report released Friday said two captured Iraqi documents indicate that Russia obtained information from sources "inside the American Central Command" in Qatar. Russia passed battlefield intelligence to Saddam through the former Russian ambassador in Baghdad, Vladimir Titorenko, according to the Pentagon report.

The unclassified report does not assess the value or accuracy of the information Saddam got or offer details on Russia's information pipeline. Moscow fiercely opposed the U.S.-led war to oust Saddam.
Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service dismissed the claims over the weekend as "baseless accusations," and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated that dismissal Monday.

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"It is unclear to us why the international community has to learn about such facts regarding Russian inteligence cooperation in Iraq from the media."