Scott Ritter was the former US marine captain tasked with finding Saddam Hussein’s weapons. Now, in this first detailed account, he reveals how the CIA plotted to use a UN weapons inspection to overthrow the Iraqi regime – and how fiasco turned to tragedy when it failed
Mind-blowing stuff this, suggesting that the reason the whole Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction fiasco ran out of control is that the CIA were trying to piggyback into the country with the UN inspectors, as a way of starting a coup to depose Saddam. Nuts.
The Guardian: The coup that wasn’t
Writer, photographer, environmental campaigner and "known troublemaker" Dave Walsh is the founder of Blather.net, described both as "possibly the most arrogant and depraved website to be found either side of the majestic Shannon River", and "the nicest website circulating in Ireland". Half Irishman, half-bicycle. He lives in southern Irish city of Barcelona.