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UK experts to help Iraq destroy chemical residues
AP via Yahoo News ^ | Mon, Jul 30, 2012 | Bushra Juhi

Posted on 07/31/2012 1:24:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Britain will help the Iraqi government dispose of what's left of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons, still stored in two bunkers in north of Baghdad, the British embassy in Baghdad announced Monday.

The British Defense Ministry will start training Iraqi technical and medical workers this year, an embassy statement said. The teams will work to safely destroy remnants of munitions and chemical warfare agents left over from Saddam's regime. He was overthrown in 2003 following an American-led invasion. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraqwar; nothingtoseehere; saddamswmds; wmd

1 posted on 07/31/2012 1:24:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

But . . . wait a minute! I thought there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq! /sarc


2 posted on 07/31/2012 1:36:53 PM PDT by DallasDeb (usafa06mom)
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To: Olog-hai

Sure hope they aren’t at Al Sahra.


3 posted on 07/31/2012 1:39:00 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Too many thinking Freepers have left the building...)
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To: txhurl; nuconvert

Ping.


4 posted on 07/31/2012 1:39:42 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Olog-hai

Quick! Alert the media!(/sarc)


5 posted on 07/31/2012 1:41:40 PM PDT by mazda77 ("Defeating the Totalitarian Lie" By: Hilmar von Campe. Everybody should read it.)
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To: Olog-hai

Oh how can that be possible? After all Bush lied and people died. There were no WMDs ya know. And besides didn’t O tell us the war in Iraq was over because of him? Well this must be some nasty VRWC meme that is trying to make The One look bad


6 posted on 07/31/2012 2:06:43 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Olog-hai
Britain will help the Iraqi government dispose of what's left of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons

Right. The ones he didn't have.

7 posted on 07/31/2012 2:35:23 PM PDT by marron
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To: marron

Never mind the 550 tons of nonexistent yellowcake uranium that didn’t get sent to Canada.


8 posted on 07/31/2012 2:53:56 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("Blow the Skin! Come in, Blow the Skin . . . BLOW THE SKIN!! Where could he be . . . ??")
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To: Olog-hai

Apologies to president Bush in 5,4,3,2...never


9 posted on 07/31/2012 3:14:38 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
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To: Olog-hai

“UK experts to help Iraq destroy chemical residues”

Are they going to Syria or Iran to do this cleanup?


10 posted on 07/31/2012 3:59:37 PM PDT by Sea Parrot (Once I was young, now I am old and the in between went way too fast)
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