Report: WMDs Found (Why isn't this headline everywhere?!?)

FoxNews ^ | 6/22/06 | FoxNews

[teddyballgame]

WASHINGTON — The United States has found 500 chemical weapons in Iraq since 2003, and more weapons of mass destruction are likely to be uncovered, two Republican lawmakers said Wednesday.

"We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons," Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., said in a quickly called press conference late Wednesday afternoon.

[muawiyah]

Unless, of course, it's recharged!!!!

So, counting from 2003, when do these things expire?

Remember, these have been coming in from here and there ~ not off the top of a big stockpile.

That's how you hide stuff ~ in plain sight ~ and you keep it fresh when the inspectors are away.

Now, you willing to take a chance and start sipping water filtered through one of those shells?

[JellyJam]

We've been frew this a dozen times. There are no weapons of mass destwuction, OK?

[BMC1]

No matter how they couch it, SADDAM STILL LIED. That's enough for me.

[AntiGuv]

Unless, of course, it's recharged!!!!

Yeah, you're right. If they make new sarin, it will be new, and not old..

So, counting from 2003, when do these things expire?

Counting from 2003, or any other year, they will begin degrading within a couple months, and under optimal storage conditions have a shelf life of 5-7 years. Since these were hardly found in optimal storage condition, then counting from 2003 they would probably be inert already, although I don't see why you'd count from 2003 when they are actually from pre-1991.

Remember, these have been coming in from here and there ~ not off the top of a big stockpile.

Oh please. Get a clue. If WMDs were "coming in from here and there" the terrorists in Iraq would be using them. And they wouldn't be storing them in pre-1991 canisters either.

That's how you hide stuff ~ in plain sight ~ and you keep it fresh when the inspectors are away.

Yeah, uh huh. Sure. Whatever.

Now, you willing to take a chance and start sipping water filtered through one of those shells?

These days I won't even sip water out of a glass with just dishwasher streaks on it. So the answer is no.

[guido911]

So what's the point? These WMD are not significant. The recovery of "approximately 500 weapons munitions which contain degraded mustard or sarin nerve agent" that could have found their way into terrorists hands--terrorists who want to use chemical weapons in the NY subway system--sounds significant to me. In any case, I thought Saddam said he had destroyed all of his weapons of mass destruction.

[mom-7]

No report in the philly inky, or the West Chester daily local. Both very partisan newspapers....not.

[calex59]

FWIW, the answer is because: (a) these were defunct pre-1991 chemical warheads; and (b) it's been announced several times since 2003 that such defunct pre-1991 chemical warheads have been found.

1.) These weapons are not "defunct". 2.) while it is true the finding of SOME weapons(not necessarily the ones Santorum is talking about), that take years and years to become defunct because they use two seperate chemical ingredients to activate, were announced, the MSM made very little of them and disregarded them because they didn't want to admit there was truth in what Bush was saying.

It bears repeating that we found WMDs in Iraq.

[kellynla]

the WMD they found was "old"

of course we Marines don't ask the Corpsman "how 'old' that bomb was that just blew off my leg?"

ya know if any on these clowns in the media had ever served a day in combat they would know that "old" ordinance can kill you just as easily as "new!"

A day doesn't go by that my tagline doesn't apply to some ignoramus in the media.

I wish someone would ask Alan Colmes if we can store this "old" WMD in his garage? LMAO

Semper Fi,
Kelly

[elhombrelibre]

It's an inconvenient truth.

[elhombrelibre]

Perhaps they're only 95% as lethal as when made. Therefore, the Liberals and MSM consider them degraded and, hence, of little matter.

[AntiGuv]

So what's the point?

I'm unsure what the point is. I simply figured that a question that easy to answer (why isn't this headline everywhere?) deserved a reply. Anyhow, keep in mind that here at FR we are in a sort of bubble where Saddam's ongoing nuclear, biological, and chemical WMD programs have been discovered since immediately after the 2003 invasion. Out there in the real world, all that's been found is some inert pre-1991 junk. I don't see anything in this latest report that would change that in either case.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

On the one hand, they poo poo this finding and the translated documents.

On the other hand, they tout the "alleged massacre" of civilians as fact with no mention of a lack of supporting evidence for it.

Bias? nooooooooo.

[edgrimly78]

If there were ICBMs pointed at US - that would be a big deal. But stmbling accross cannisters of chemical weapons that were known to exist in the early 90's is hardly a real threat.

Thats what I've been thinking the whole time. The US already knew that they were there during the first Gulf War.

[elhombrelibre]

Yes, that's correct about Pueblo, but those are older than the 60's. So what's with this 15 year old mustard and sarin is no big deal. It's flat out stupid to be saying this. And if these things were so benign, why would Saddam keep them?

[PureTrouble]

"the whole thing as pre-1991 stuff
which is no longer valid"

Have to ask the question why is any WMD not valid that is found in Iraq?

Iraq was supposed to report all WMD's and precursors. Iraq never reported that they had ever had Sarin. These shells had Sarin and Mustard. They lost the war in 1991, signed an unconditional surrender document.

Don't let the media get away with the argument that "These don't count because they were pre 1991. I say they are trying to move the goalpost again.

[Tzimisce]

NO! If this gets out the Dems will *never* have a chance in '06! :(

[elhombrelibre]

Yeah, and the fact that Saddam said he had none and the fact that the Democrats said there were none doesn't matter either. Gees.

[Dixiekraut]

So does anybody know what happened to that Iraqi Information Minister guy? He could have a great career on Leno.

[Dixiekraut]

So does anybody know what happened to that Iraqi Information Minister guy? He could have a great career on Leno.

[elhombrelibre]

How come our sarin gass is still dangerous and theirs is not?