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Saddam's FBI Interviews Released

Says WMD fiction was aimed at Iran; he wanted pact with US

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 2, 2009 12:22 PM CDT

(Newser) – Transcripts of Saddam Hussein's two dozen interviews with the FBI before his execution were released yesterday, after details were published last week by the New York Daily News, which obtained them through the Freedom of Information Act. Some details are still redacted, but the FBI... Read full story »

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