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The information that the intelligence people used was a combination of satellite information, signals intelligence, and human intelligence. We are not sure to what extent Saddam [Hussein] was trying to convey an incorrect picture to us.

Colin Powell

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Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
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