GRU in Baghdad March-April 2003???
Yup.
During the invasion, I was looking at purported GRU intel feeds from Baghdad, which BTW said exactly what Trainor/Gordon said in Cobra II. I can't recall how or where I picked these up but as the days passed I came to think they might be authentic.
So I called in my Russian pal Yuri from SFSU. We collaborated and were fairly sure that the GRU reports we were reading from Baghdad were real. THe original Russian looked good, the predictions were accurate to w/in 48 hours, and generally, the GRU reports seemed to track the Old USSR style of writing and thinking....
But we couldn't say for sure...
Now we can
Pentagon report says Russia gave Iraq intelligence
According to these GRU reports, they were there to observe the tactics of the US because Russia saw us as their most probable military threat. They were particularly interested in the tactics and opportunities that Saddam's fedayeen were presenting behind the lines of the US advance.
The GRU postings stopped as 3d armor approached the Baghdad airport.
I wish I'd saved those reports..I am sure Dumbsfeld has.
Godspeed Yuri ..where ever you are!!
