Posted on 05/20/2004 3:29:21 PM PDT by wagglebee
Over the last few months, the U.S. intelligence community has received new evidence a sizable amount of Iraqi WMD systems, components and platforms were transferred to Syria in the weeks leading up to the U.S.-led war in Iraq, reports Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence news service.
But chances are the Bush administration won't be releasing this information for a while.
The convoys were spotted by U.S. satellites in early 2003, but the contents of the WMD convoys from Iraq to Syria were not confirmed.
Confirmation later came from Iraqi scientists and technicians questioned by a U.S. team that was searching for Saddam's conventional weapons. But all they knew was the convoys were heading west to Syria.
But over the last few months, U.S. intelligence managed to track the Iraqi WMD convoy to Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.
Through the use of satellites, electronic monitoring and human intelligence, the intelligence community has determined that much, if not all, of Iraq's biological and chemical weapons assets are being protected by Syria, with Iranian help, in the Bekaa Valley.
The Syrians received word from Saddam Hussein in late 2002 that the Iraqi WMD would be arriving and Syrian army engineering units began digging huge trenches in the Bekaa Valley.
Saddam paid more than $30 million in cash for Syria to build the pits, acquire the Iraqi WMD and conceal them.
At first, U.S. intelligence thought Iraqi WMD was stored in northern Syria. But in February 2003 a Syrian defector told U.S. intelligence the WMD was buried in or around three Syrian Air Force installations.
But intelligence sources said the Syrians kept dual-use nuclear components for themselves while transferring the more incriminating material to Lebanon.
Might be bad news for young Mr. Assad, too...come 4 November, 2004...
Been a while since we have heard from DEBKA.
Well, well, well.
It appears that Lebanon's time for liberation may be drawing near.
IMHO Lebanon's time for liberation was in October of 1983 when the Marine barracks were blown up. Not going in then was one of Reagan's only mistakes.
first of all this is worldnutdaily...
secondly the site they reference is a pay site:
"Geostrategy-Direct"
I do not doubt there are weapons somewhere.
I doubt that wnd or gd actually knows anything new... other than the same old story we heard earlier bout things being sent to syria.
So now we cannot get at those wmds.. unless we take out another arab nation or two? Muzzies?
I will believe it when I see it.
American revulsion over the pantie scandal in IRaq, amongst religionist conservatives... has pretty much dampered our movement towards rearranging the arab street.
at least until after the election.
the sarin shell should have been enough evidence for all but the hard core leftists yesterday... it's not.
even when there ARE wmds... they swear it's not evidence of WMDS... Until they are used on a couple thousand folks... no body will believe. And if they are used on Israelis, the world will hardly care either.
More bad news for the left.
Look for an "Accident" to happen in the Bekaa valley......soon.
Hint, Lil' Jong Il will not be any where around.
Actually this is about a 1 yr old news story. Its been stated and stated by various talking heads on various cable news shows for various months now.
LOL..however, let me ru this up the flagpole..you've seent he recent article about how Saddam's talking....wouldn't surprise me if he gives up a lot in return for no death penalty, and maybe, life in a US prison..assuming that a deal can be worked out witht he Iraqis..we're getting all these insane stories that saddam is stupid..didn't know anything..his scientists lied to, and tricked him..pure crap...
He might do that seeing as how he didn't face down the US fighter-bombers in the street with his gold-plated AK-47 like Patton.
You are so right. The silence of the left about the wmds is deafening. I don't know if they actually believed their own lying words about there being no wmds left or not. Maybe they're in shock that Bush has proved them liars again. They were not only discovered, they were used by terrorists to try to kill Americans a scenario the doubters had ridiculed up to the incident. They've now gone to plan B which is to try to ignore what happened or dismiss what has been found. It is up to the Republican leadership to broadcast these findings. Like all the other lib, anti-Bush papers, my old hometown rag barely mentioned the discovery. I'll bet a great many Americans are still unaware of it. To the libs it's just a "small amount of sarin. Nothing to worry about. Just a few thousand people could be killed at a crack that's all." The libs are more dangerous than the IFs.
Yea, maybe we can get President Kerry to negotiate their liberty.
The terror networks are run by Arabs, and Arab states are conspiring to use WMD. Zawahari calaims to have an arsenal of suitcase nukes. Now Syria may have conspired to continue the WMD progreams from Iraq. The US Government has policy for retaliation against WMD strikes governing Russian and Chinese weapons. A good question for Bush and Kerry is: does the US have a retaliation policy for the Arab Mideast. So far the Bathist Arabs would appear to be on the bottom of the list for escaping retaliation.
Report: U.S suspects Iraqi WMD in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Google Search =Bekaa Valley saddam wmds john loftus
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Because DEBKA went deeeeeep undercover.
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Bad news for everybody if we can't get in there and get this stuff. Not an easy task.
OF COURSE, Saddam was moving WMD's out of Iraq!!! We were dragging our feet because the liberals and the press made it an issue that we had to get the U.N.'s "approval" before we invaded. Plus, we had to build a consensus among our allies!!!! Does anyone remember this? It took months for us to jump through all those hoops. Saddam could have smuggled the arms out by pack mule with all the time he had!!!!!
BUMP!
Is this perhaps the reason why we are developing low yield, deep penetrating nukes?
do they bury their air force too?
After this report in the press, Syria is moving them out of the Bekka valley to someplace else.
What ever happened to loose lips sink ships.
I suppose your voting for Kerry too you Troll
I'm not being sarcastic, I really don't know World Net Daily well enough to form an opinion.
Anyone???
Most of what WorldNetDaily reports is reliable, some of it is "a little out there." IMHO
However, saying that "already produced" WMD are currently in the desert of Syria / Lebanon is a whole other issue. Again, this is just "hear-say" as of now -
The problem being this is the easiest way of saying "produced WMD exist" but we just can't get to them. So, I am one to let these types of suggestions go - if they are there and we "knew" they were there - I believe we would go in and get them.
Well, if that's case then and Lebanon has the WMD's that we are looking for, then what can that do for Bush? Saying it's there is one thing, proving it is another especially with the liberal press out to do him in.
"Most of what WorldNetDaily reports is reliable, some of it is "a little out there." IMHO."
Sounds about right. Generally reliable, but I wouldn't risk the election on it.
Qwinn
When Israel drove to Beirut a few years ago, and trapped Arafat but let him go, they came across several huge stockpiles of weapons along the way. That was clearly a preemptive action. If the weapons are being stockpiled in the region again, the same solution to the potential problem might apply.
I was just thinking about that.
One question, just out of curiosity. How many land miles are there between the Israel border and the Bekaa Valley?
Qwinn
Dunno, but if those weapons are there, I wonder if the Israeli's know exactly where and can produce them for all the world to see???
5.56mm
Why? The commie media will never allow the sheeple to know this, at least not without the words "Bush planted them" in the same story.
This was reported before the war.
They wouldn't have done much good in Iraq, but they can cover a big chunk of Lebanon.
I have to think, if we really do believe that produced WMD from Iraq is in Lebanon....we will go in and get it (or take it out).
...and then again, maybe I remember Big Mo firing in GWI. Geeze, I'm getting old.
UH? That's BAADD news for ALL of us!!! ESPECIALLY PRES BUSH!
So they did have them, and we watched Saddam spirit them away to Syria, then Lebanon? We did nothing to obliterate/capture/divert them in transit? And now they are god knows where being prepped for god knows what kind of attack? And this is bad only for the left?
Hopefully.
More bad news for the left...
Not really, they will ignore it like always.
Had they remained, they probably would have used them against us.
Well, the Israelis are pretty damn good at knowing the whereabouts of Hamas leaders and other various Palestinian terrorists...and also very good at blowing them to smithereens.
I would suspect if they had known the whereabouts of WMDs, they would have been taken out in short order and without any apologies.
I agree. An ultimatum .. allow us to come in and get the stuff (like Libya did) or .......
The French, Germans, Russians and the UN insured that WMD would be available to all Terrorists.
We will surely see more of them used aganst us before Nov.
Well .. John Loftus has been saying the same thing for several days on FOX. If anything .. this report from WND is a confirmation of what he said.
Pays to back-up one's friends.
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