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

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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. 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. 10. A Breach of Trust: November 1995 -- January 199611. The Listening Post: January -- March 1996 12. The Managers: March -- May 1996 13. Blowback: June 1996 14. The Poison Pill: July -- August 1996 15. The Con Game: August -- December 1996 16. White House Blues: January -- March 1997 Part Three: Betrayal 17. The Truth Emerges: March -- May 1997 18. Unraveling Concealment: June 1997 19. New Directions: July -- October 1997 20. False Starts: October -- December 1997 21. The Death of Inspections: January -- August 1998 Epilogue: All those Lies Notes Index.