Should Cause Much Debate

In an attempt to reconstruct the war from the Iraqi perspective, three people have written a history of the war for the US Joint Forces Command. The study has been partially de-classified.

Ousted president Saddam Hussein did not plan the insurgency in Iraq because he thought the United States would never invade the country, a US military history has concluded.

Which means we didn't have the only delusional leader. But here is the controversial stuff.

... US intelligence in 2002 misinterpreted internal Iraqi messages about weapons of mass destruction, thinking they were being hidden when in fact the messages were about complying with UN inspections.

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... misread Iraqi message also from 2002 referred to instructions to "search the area surrounding the headquarters camp and (the unit) for any chemical agents, make sure the area is free of chemical containers, and write a report on it."

"US analysts viewed this information through the prism of a decade of prior deceit. They had no way of knowing that this time the information reflected the regime's attempt to ensure it was in compliance with UN resolutions,"

The controversy will arise because eye witness weapons inspectors were saying there were no weapons. That info should have been considered when those internal Iraqi messages were being interpreted.