Russia Steps Forward to Help Bush and Cheney's Spinning

Put simply, "No, really. Russian intelligence said Saddam Hussein would hit the US again soon after the 9/11 attacks."

Again? Saddam never attacked us.

Here's CNN's spin on the subject:

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country warned the United States several times that Saddam Hussein's regime was planning terror attacks on the United States and its overseas interests.

Putin's comments in Kazakhstan came amid a new debate in the United States about the extent of ties between Saddam and the al Qaeda terrorist network triggered by a preliminary report from the commission investigating the September 11 attacks.

"I can confirm that after the events of September 11, 2001, and up to the military operation in Iraq, Russian special services and Russian intelligence several times received ... information that official organs of Saddam's regime were preparing terrorist acts on the territory of the United States and beyond its borders, at U.S. military and civilian locations," Putin said.

Turns out that Russian bullshit smells no sweeter than American bullshit.