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'60 Minutes' Identifies Discredited Iraqi Informant 'Curveball'

Via USA Today.

CBS' 60 Minutes is revealing the identity of the Iraqi defector known as "Curveball," whose reports of alleged mobile biological weapons labs were a cornerstone of President Bush's rationale for going to war. The program, which airs Sunday, identifies him as Rafid Ahmed Alwan, who 60 Minutes says was "not only a liar, but also a thief and a poor student instead of the chemical engineering whiz he claimed to be."

Here's an early clip of the video, along with Curveball's Wikipedia entry.

More here.

Note: I just got finished watching this '60 Minutes' segment, and I must say -- this is just as disturbing than I originally thought. - ferg

posted by Fergie @ 11/04/2007 08:20:00 PM