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An Iraqi defector whose claims Saddam Hussein had biological weapons helped justify the 2003 invasion has said he lied to bring the ex-leader down.
In an interview for the UK's Guardian newspaper, Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, codenamed Curveball, said he had to do something to bring democracy to Iraq.
He said Iraq had mobile biological weapons and clandestine factories.
His false evidence was used by the then US Secretary of State Colin Powell in a key speech to the UN in February 2003.
Mr Janabi told The Guardian he was "shocked" by Mr Powell's speech.
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In an interview for the UK's Guardian newspaper, Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, codenamed Curveball, said he had to do something to bring democracy to Iraq.
He said Iraq had mobile biological weapons and clandestine factories.
His false evidence was used by the then US Secretary of State Colin Powell in a key speech to the UN in February 2003.
Mr Janabi told The Guardian he was "shocked" by Mr Powell's speech.
Rest story