Saddam ‘planned US attack’

RUSSIA gave the Bush administration intelligence after the September 11 attacks that suggested Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq was preparing attacks in the United States, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday.

Putin said he couldn’t comment on how critical the Russians’ information was in the US decision to invade Iraq.

In Washington, a US official said Putin’s information did not add to what the United States already knew about Saddam’s intentions.