[TexasCajun]

With the popularity of "Sniper" and the left's retort of "No WMDs in Iraq", I thought this was worth posting from October:

The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons

New York Times

U.S. Intelligence Documents on Chemical Weapons Found in Iraq

New York Times

[originalbuckeye]

Tell me again what the Bush Admin wouldn’t defend itself against the ridiculous ‘no WMDs’ charge???

[FreedomStar3028]

Question is: Why was this hidden?

That makes absolutely no SENSE to me. Absolutely no sense.

Maybe Bush and his cabinet just figured the left is going to hate them anyways. Maybe they didn’t care. Or maybe, just maybe.....the fix was always in. Money being passed between hands. It’s our turn now boys. You’ll get your turn in 2016! Then us again in 2024! Keep it fair, keep it balanced. Keep them divided and we all win. The ultimate ponzi scheme.

[nuconvert]

I remember reading about this at the time, though it certainly wasn’t followed up on.

[ConservativeInPA]

Finally, CNN is getting caught up with the times. Over ten years late. The real question to ask, is why didn’t Bush ever offer a defense to the constant claims of left that there were no WMDs in Iraq.

[IronJack]

But ... there WERE no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Michael Moore, Chris Matthews, and John Kerry all said so. And if you can’t believe a nearsighted hippo, a latent homosexual buttlick newshead, and a horse-faced no-talent gigolo, who CAN you believe?

[clearcarbon]

The existence of the devices was never really a secret. Saddam’s people knew about them and where they were. With the passing of time If the Americans and/or people of Iraq didn’t find them, the devices would eventually find the people who inherited the land that hid them.

[TigersEye]

• Wikileaks documents show WMDs found in Iraq
• Report: Hundreds of WMDs Found in Iraq
• WMDs Found in Iraq Human Events
• Saddam talked of WMD attack in U.S.
• Saddam's WMD have been found
• Saddam's WMD Moved to Syria, An Israeli Says
• Saddam general: WMDs in Syria
• Deadly chemicals are found dumped in river
• Evidence of WMDs in Iraq - Annonymous Freeper in Iraq
• Cyanide Salt Block Found in Iraq
• MSNBC - Cyanide & Mustard Agents Found in Euphrates River
• EUPHRATES 'POISONED'
• Iraq's nuclear weapons program.
• Iraq's biological weapons program.
• Iraq's chemical weapons program.

[sten]

back in 2006, i called McDill and spoke w/ media relations as a ‘reporter for internet news’. i was told they had found many instances of WMDs and have told anyone that asked.

the media was too busy spinning the anti-WMD / Bush lied spiel to make a simple phone call and get the facts

[Thud]

They kept it a secret in 1991 too. Then it was because the US govt. had secretly given Saddam Hussein’s regime some of our binary munitions, via Jordan, in the 1980’s to test on the Iranians during the Iran-Iraq war.

The US govt. was afraid it would be blamed if SH’s regime used some of those left-overs on American forces during Desert Storm, so it hushed up the sporadic use of chemical weapons by Iraqi forces during Desert Storm, plus accidental releases during and after that war. The latter were due as much to allied bombing of Iraqi munitions dumps during the war as to mistakes by Iraqi forces plus, after the cease-fire, by American forces in destroying captured Iraqi munitions. The latter also happened after the 2003 conquest of Iraq.

[Rocky]

As I recall, the NYT was leading the charge on the chant, “Bush lied, people died.” Now, 12 years later, they start telling us the truth. And with no apologies.

[opbuzz]

This is way old news that was never followed up by the media.

[Jim Noble]

There is much, MUCH more to the story of the choice of Iraq as a target, and to the operational plan, than we will ever know.

[Nuc 1.1]

I am sure ISIS will find a use for them.

[Intolerant in NJ]

The U.S. government suppressed information about chemical weapons it found in Iraq, and several servicemembers were injured by their exposure to those weapons, The New York Times is reporting...aha - ordinarily wouldn't be covered since it undermines the whole Bush lied about WMD hate speech - but now we can blame Bush for people being injured and keeping information from the public - the looney left has an argument for everything.....

[Chiefwilnel]

I was at Camp Taji in 04, one of the warehouses we stumbled on was full of cyanid , then in 08 I was camp slayer in Baghdad. I am extremely lucky and blessed to not have any medical issues.