Agent: Saddam let world think he had WMD
January 28, 2008 – 1:05 amSaddam Hussein let the world think he had weapons of mass destruction to intimidate Iran and prevent the country from attacking Iraq, according to an FBI agent who interviewed the dictator after his 2003 capture.
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