Ebook: Iraq Confidential: the Untold Story of America's Intelligence Conspiracy

Cover ; Contents; Foreword by Seymour Hersh; Preface; Glossary; Maps; Prologue: In the Eye of the Storm; Part One: Baptism; 1. A Delicate Balancing Act: September -- December 1991; 2. The Bumpy Road to Independence: December 1991 -- February 1992 ; 3. Showdown in Baghdad: March -- July 1992; 4. Counterattack: August -- October 1992; 5. Assassinating the Truth: October 1992 -- January 1993; 6. Shifting the Goalposts: February -- March 1994; Part Two: Crusade; 7. New Friends: March -- November 1994; 8. A Fresh Start: December 1994 -- July 1995; 9. Adventures in Amman: July -- November 1995.;As the Anglo-American occupation of Iraq peters out in failure, the historical debate is just beginning. How were we so misled in to such a disastrous war? What were its real goals? What did it achieve? Former UN Weapons inspector Scott Ritter offers a rare first-hand account of the build up to the war, and how the CIA exploited weapons inspections in pursuit of its secret regime-change agenda. The CIA tried to silence him. But in this book, he speaks out. Operating in a fog of espionage and counter-espionage, Ritter and his team were determined to find out the truth about Saddam's WMD after t.