re: Iraq and plan for attacks on US
NEVER OCCURRED. The newspaper summaries from Slate this morning has the following tidbits:
Everybody mentions Russian President Putin's statement Friday that Russia gave the White House reports indicating that Saddam Hussein was readying terrorist attacks against Americans—but Reuters is reporting that
State Department officials have never heard of these reports. The Post finds a senior U.S. intelligence official who's also unaware of "any specific threat information."
A Russian political analyst said the timing of the statement was likely meant to help Bush win re-election: "We've always had good relations with Republicans. We dislike Democrats, because Democrats always care about democracy in Russia," she told the LAT."http://www.slate.com/id/2102678/