Source of Iraq WMD intelligence tells his story

CNN speaks to Rafid Alwan, code named "Curveball" Alwan's claims that Iraq had WMD were used to support U.S. invasion Alwan came to Germany in 1999 seeking asylum BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- His phone number was published in a German phone directory -- Rafid Alwan, whose claims that Saddam Hussein was producing biological agents helped launch the Iraq war. He was reluctant to speak on the record, initially denying he was Iraqi or that he was the defector dubbed "Curveball" by the CIA. But eight months after we first contacted him, Alwan agreed to an interview, and we met in an anonymous hotel room in a southern German town. Trying to get details from him was difficult -- he spoke at length, often launching into a flowery history of Iraq or a description of Hussein's crimes, and in Arabic, which meant we had to wait after each... [read full story]