Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Iraq to quiz US over spying claim

BBC

Iraq is to ask US officials for an explanation after a new book suggested the United States had been spying on senior members of the Iraqi government.

The claims are made by US journalist Bob Woodward in The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-2008.

"If it is true... it reflects that there is no trust," Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.

Woodward's book quotes a US source as saying the US knows "everything" said by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki.

"If it is true it casts a shadow on the future relations with such institutions," a statement from Mr al-Dabbagh added, referring to the Central Intelligence Agency and other US agencies.......

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