NY Times: Iraq Had WMD 'Stockpiles' in 2003

News Max ^ | March 13, 2005 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[MisterRepublican]

In a stunning about-face, the New York Times reported Sunday that when the U.S. attacked Iraq in March 2003, Saddam Hussein possessed "stockpiles of monitored chemicals and materials," as well as sophisticated equipment to manufacture nuclear and biological weapons, which was removed to "a neighboring state" before the U.S. could secure the weapons sites.

The U.N.'s Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission [Unmovic], "has filed regular reports to the Security Council since last May," the paper said, "about the dismantlement of important weapons installations and "the export of dangerous materials to foreign states."

"Officials of the commission and the [International] Atomic Energy Agency have repeatedly called on the Iraqi government to report on what it knows of the fate of the thousands of pieces of monitored equipment and stockpiles of monitored chemicals and materials."

Last fall, IAEA director Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei confirmed that "nuclear-related materials" had gone missing from monitored sites, calling on the interim Iraqi government to start the process of accounting for the missing stockpiles still ostensibly under the agency's supervision.

[cardinal4]

???

[ErnBatavia]

I must be having a dream...

[wouldntbprudent]

I am not believing my eyes.

What's Chrissy Matthews et al. going to say now that it's in the Rat bible?

[hflynn]

When is the NYT's going to tell the American people, Democrats excluded, something we don't already know?

[bitt]

news from the NYTimes?

[Noachian]

The United Nations, worried that the nuclear material and equipment could be used in clandestine bomb production, has been hunting for it throughout the Middle East, largely unsuccessfully, the Times said.

The UN is "hunting" for something they said doesn't exist, and the NY Times is reporting it?

Is this an alternate reality?

[SeaBiscuit]

Is this story at the NY Slimes or just this from Newsmax?

[ScaniaBoy]

Good news!

Another loss for the liberal MSM.

Time to bring out all pots here on FR re WMDs in Iraq and how they were transported to Syria.

[Publius6961]

Welcome aboard, NYT.

Better late than never.
Now go sit in the corner and shut up.

[TomGuy]

Not to worry. The UN is on it!!!!

The United Nations, worried that the nuclear material and equipment could be used in clandestine bomb production, has been hunting for it throughout the Middle East, largely unsuccessfully, the Times said.


Now, won't you sleep better tonite ?

[MisterRepublican]

This story validates my suspicion that the WMD's were removed before and shortly after the beginning of the war. But George W. Bush never "LIED" about their existence like the liberals like to claim.

[ScaniaBoy]

pots = posts

[ken21]

how many rats based their voting in november 2004 on this one issue?

that "bush lied to us".

when we knew damn well that president bush had the same information that john kerry, hillary clinton, ted kennedy, tom daschle ad infinitum had.

you'd have to be a moron to watch television as your source of "news".

[speedy]

This can't be right. This would be the story of the decade if it is. The Times would spin this story differently. Definitely have to wait and see on this one.

[Hand em their arse]

As Raymond's father would say..... "HOLY CRAP!!!"

[Strategerist]

In a stunning about-face, the New York Times reported Sunday that when the U.S. attacked Iraq in March 2003, Saddam Hussein possessed "stockpiles of monitored chemicals and materials,"

Geez, at times NewsMax gets as stupid as WingNutDaily.
.

Key word there is "monitored." The monitored stuff wasn't in violation of UN resolutions. This isn't exactly some startling revelation.