I think it's (Israeli pressure for invading Iraq) the worst kept secret in Washington, everybody I talked to … - Anthony Zinni

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Anthony Zinni

I think it's (Israeli pressure for invading Iraq) the worst kept secret in Washington, everybody I talked to in Washington has known and fully knows what their agenda was and what they were trying to do; because I mentioned the Neo-Conservatives who describe themselves as Neo-Conservatives, I was called, Anti-Semitic.

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