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This forces the question: Why wasn't the Russian intelligence included in the administration's case for war? The shocked reaction its revelation elicited from the U.S. intelligence community on Friday suggests an answer: Contrary to the Russians' claims, they never supplied it. And why would they? Armed with a host of compelling justifications for regime change, the U.S. didn't exactly need another reason to oust Saddam. The Russians weren't about to give them one, in any case. Now, eager to mend fences, they've relented.

But possibly the biggest reason to doubt claims that Russia actually turned over the intelligence to the United State is its source, the FSB. The agency put up fierce objections to war in Iraq. So fierce, in fact, that one eminent Russian media defense analyst described the agency in 2003 as "a leading party of the pro-Saddam lobby."

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=6723