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Iraq's WMD Secreted in Syria, Sada Says
http://www.nysun.com/article/26514 ^ | IRA STOLL

Posted on 01/26/2006 12:55:39 AM PST by mal

The man who served as the no. 2 official in Saddam Hussein's air force says Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria before the war by loading the weapons into civilian aircraft in which the passenger seats were removed.

The Iraqi general, Georges Sada, makes the charges in a new book, "Saddam's Secrets," released this week. He detailed the transfers in an interview yesterday with The New York Sun.

"There are weapons of mass destruction gone out from Iraq to Syria, and they must be found and returned to safe hands," Mr. Sada said. "I am confident they were taken over."

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; prequel; sada; saddam; syria; wmd
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To: Alberta's Child

Are you for real dear?
ANYONE who DOESN'T think saddam had WMD is a blind fool and self-deluding, not to mention, just a tad stupid. Are you THAT unaware? I'm betting there are a few thousand Kurds who would LOVE to set you straight.
The war occurred because saddam got on that one last nerve- years of defying UN sanctions and throwing UN inspectors out, funding terrorists, training camps for them in his country and shooting at American and other countries' jets in both no-fly zones was certainly enough- even for those who WEREN't bothered by his rape rooms and "people shredders".
The stupidity of the left never ceases to amaze me.
WHO was going to stand up to this international criminal?..Canada?
Grow a brain...please.


141 posted on 01/27/2006 2:52:41 AM PST by 13Sisters76
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To: ThirstyMan

I'm hoping that you are aware that a "wmd" is more than just nukes..right?
A WMD is also bio- and chemical weapons. He showed his willingness to use these against his own people.
As to nukes- WHATEVER he had in this area is gone- just like the rest of what he had- into another country and in the hands of people who are as antagonistic as he towards ALL the western democracies. Some of us are NOT surprised to hear that most of it ended up in Syria- I have been saying as much since the start.


142 posted on 01/27/2006 2:57:11 AM PST by 13Sisters76
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To: Preachin'

It doesn't matter HOW far along he might have been in developing nukes, it would have been NUTZ to take such an action against the US. He KNEW his regime wouldn't stand against another war with us. As I said- saddam could NEVER be referred to as stupid. But his hatred, just as with the rest of those murdering savages, is very real. I don't doubt that he was more than willing to send what he had out to be used by others.


143 posted on 01/27/2006 3:01:16 AM PST by 13Sisters76
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To: My2Cents
"If Saddam didn't have, and never had, chemical weapons, what were the empty artillery shells for?"

I don't know enough about any of that.

What I am sure of is that we don't know everything the president knows.

In the end, this will all play to the president's advantage, because the leftists have been saying for all of two years that there were no WMDs.

The left loses big here.

I think that they are using the extended debate on judge Alito to hide this news as long as possible.
144 posted on 01/27/2006 3:03:35 AM PST by Preachin' (Enoch's testimony was that he pleased God: Why are we still here?)
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To: 13Sisters76

I agree completely.


145 posted on 01/27/2006 3:07:22 AM PST by Preachin' (Enoch's testimony was that he pleased God: Why are we still here?)
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To: 13Sisters76
I'm hoping that you are aware that a "wmd" is more than just nukes..right?

Yeah I was'nt thinking of nukes at all, just chemicals.

As to nukes- WHATEVER he had in this area is gone- just like the rest of what he had- into another country and in the hands of people who are as antagonistic as he towards ALL the western democracies. Some of us are NOT surprised to hear that most of it ended up in Syria- I have been saying as much since the start.

My guess is that he had no nukes and wasn't very close either, but trusting these guys to act like civil human beings isn't a great option. That's why we're being faced with an awful dilemma in Iran right now. The "proliferation" of nuclear weapons is a world wide threat. If nuclear devices can be carried in a suitcase by a nutjob fundamentalist Muslim willing to sacrifice all for his fake god, then nobody is safe!

146 posted on 01/27/2006 4:20:43 AM PST by ThirstyMan (hysteria: the elixir of the Left that trumps all reason)
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To: Alberta's Child
Now tell me -- is he a font of wisdom, or not?

Well some muslims are peaceful. Some muslims are respectful. Just like some Americans are peaceful and some Americans are respectful.

I would like to ask you if you think a lack of perfection equates to total failure. Personally I think W sucks on the topic of borders/immigration but that does not lead me to the conclusion that he is a total failure.

Please Name for me any political official that you agree with 100% or that you would consider correct 100% of the time. I wager that you cannot do so, further that you wouldn't even try.

Clinton talked about Saddam for his entire two terms, he was a problem when Bill came to office and he was a problem when he left office. The same thing cannot be said about W's two terms. I call that positive progress thru actions taken. See the difference between action and talk yet?
147 posted on 01/27/2006 6:46:55 AM PST by BlueStateDepression
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To: Alberta's Child

No answer to my post 115?


148 posted on 01/27/2006 7:51:06 AM PST by Lady Heron
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To: Alberta's Child

"No it was only one of, on a long list or reasons to go to war . . ."

"even worse reasons"

If you think that, OK, but I think they are ALL good reasons.
Not the least of which is Al Qaida declared War on us, and Pres Clinton ignored it, at our loss!


149 posted on 01/27/2006 8:58:02 AM PST by AmericanDave (More COWBELL....................)
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To: Preachin'

I agree with you. I suspect that we do know where the WMDs went, and we're not divulging the information until we're ready to act upon it. In the end, the antiwar naysaying left will lose.


150 posted on 01/27/2006 10:14:20 AM PST by My2Cents (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. -- George Orwell)
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To: JayNorth; Semper Paratus

If we keep blogging about the book and buying copies to get it higher on Amazon (currently #21) and get it to hit the NYTimes list, then the MSM will be almost forced to cover it.


151 posted on 01/27/2006 12:44:11 PM PST by jmwtn
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To: jmwtn
If we keep blogging about the book and buying copies to get it higher on Amazon (currently #21) and get it to hit the NYTimes list, then the MSM will be almost forced to cover it.

I have to disagree with you. The Swift Boat Vets were best sellers yet they were ignored, ignored, ignored and then when they could be ignored no longer marginalized as "largely discredited" and "claims disproven" etc., never once discussing the vets charges or specifying why they were "false" or "disproven". The Lamestream Media is, well, lame.
152 posted on 01/27/2006 7:02:26 PM PST by JayNorth
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To: jslade; SJackson
Thanks for warning them JAY ROCKEFELLAR.

Ah, Helloooo. Time to smell the coffee! The Syrian Journalist's site detailing the WMD's relocation has been up for YEARS now.

Syria has known its cover has been blown for those YEARS.

Meanwhile Assad has cozied up and enjoyed his chats lying to Colin Powell.

This story is only news to the MSM.

The real issue is why the Administration refuses to admit what we know of the WMD relocation. Dick Cheney is the only one who has come closest to deviating from the Party Line that the "intel was mistaken."

The simplest conclusion is that they...i.e., GWB/Rice/Rove made two big policy mistakes:

(1) They apparently determined that the War On Terror as a "Global" military campaign was effectively over...and there would be no "Hot Pursuit" into Syria or Iran.

(2) Hence, secondly, (since the WOT was effectively over without actual resolution), they needed to simply manage it politically...and strive for closure of the WOT with the pacification of Iraq.

The underlying assumption behind this hugely mistaken political calculation was that there would be less political blowback to suddenly claim the WMD's never existed, deny the transfer of the WMD's to Syria....and just plain 'forget about it.' Hence, as numerous reports claimed, Kay's ISG forces never got out of the Green Zone.

The Upshot of a CoverUp of the Iraqi WMD's is straightforward: All such reports as this Iraqi General thence need to be doubted publicly, their authors marginalized and discounted in some way. Typical Xlintonian stuff.

The reason it was a mistaken political calculation, as we saw in 2004 dang-near losing a slam-dunk election, is that it gives fuel to the Moonbats...Michael Moore cretins, spreading the shallow lies of Soros and the MoveOn.org crowd...but the far more deadly political effect is on the Base...the conservative movement...which is willing to foregive an intel lapse...

But I don't believe that the Conservative Base would be willing to foregive a conscious cover-up, for purely political convenience, of the facts that the Baathist WMD's had successfully evaded capture...and that the decision had been reached secretly to just let them go...and then cover-up that escape. The Coverup, to us conservatives, becomes the issue which erodes confidence. Evidence of the coverup has existed right along.. to consciously and deliberately fail to seriously look for residual evidence of stockpiles that were sealed up to evade detection still secreted around the country, as are some reports in the South of Iraq are just one example.

153 posted on 02/13/2006 8:36:30 AM PST by Paul Ross (Hitting bullets with bullets successfully for 35 years!)
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To: mal

http://www.gwotnews.info/opeds/didsad1.htm


154 posted on 03/26/2007 5:22:08 AM PDT by Blackrain4xmas (Now, more than ever, with our soldiers in harm's way, we must stand together and succeed in Iraq-JKF)
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