1. today we commemorate the invasion of #Iraq: a criminal war based on #falseIntelligence, including false info (obtained under #torture of Ibn al-Shayk al-Libi) that Iraq provided training to al-Qaeda: this info was cited by Colin Powell in his infamous speech at the UN
2. information on the false intelligence obtained under #torture of Ibn Shayk al-Libi (used to invade #Iraq), was unearthed by investigative journalists Ian Cobain and Clara Usiskin at @MiddleEastEye.You can find important info on the #USSenateCommitteeonIntelligence report
3. the #USSenateCommitteeonIntelligence produced a report on #CIA torture based on 6,3 million classified documents. It is available here:
4. when you read journalists quoting intelligence services as Gospel,think about the #Iraq bloodbath:
at least 600,000 civilian deaths
+ 9, 2 million refugees and internally displaced Iraqis (37% of Iraq's population before invasion)
+ helped generate the barbarities of #ISIS
