Janabi, codenamed Curveball by German and American intelligence officials, told the BND, Germany's secret service, that Iraq had mobile bioweapons trucks and had built clandestine factories.
The faulty information formed the cornerstone of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell's key address to the United Nations on February 5, 2003.
"I had a problem with the Saddam regime," Janabi told the paper during a meeting in Germany. "I wanted to get rid of him and now I had this chance."
"I tell you something when I hear anybody, not just in Iraq but in any war, (is) killed, I am very sad. But give me another solution. Can you give me another solution?
"Believe me, there was no other way to bring about freedom to Iraq. There were no other possibilities," he continued.
German authorities approached Janabi in 2000 after identifying him as a Baghdad-trained chemical engineer with possible inside intelligence of former leader Hussein's regime.
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The faulty information formed the cornerstone of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell's key address to the United Nations on February 5, 2003.
"I had a problem with the Saddam regime," Janabi told the paper during a meeting in Germany. "I wanted to get rid of him and now I had this chance."
"I tell you something when I hear anybody, not just in Iraq but in any war, (is) killed, I am very sad. But give me another solution. Can you give me another solution?
"Believe me, there was no other way to bring about freedom to Iraq. There were no other possibilities," he continued.
German authorities approached Janabi in 2000 after identifying him as a Baghdad-trained chemical engineer with possible inside intelligence of former leader Hussein's regime.
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