Report: U.S suspects Iraqi WMD in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley (Drudge Report)

WORLD TRIBUNE.COM | Monday, August 25, 2003

[WL-law]

U.S. intelligence suspects Iraq's weapons of mass destruction have finally been located.

Unfortunately, getting to them will be nearly impossible for the United States and its allies, because the containers with the strategic materials are not in Iraq.

Instead they are located in Lebanon's heavily-fortified Bekaa Valley, swarming with Iranian and Syrian forces, and Hizbullah and ex-Iraqi agents, Geostrategy-Direct.com will report in tomorrow's new weekly edition.

U.S. intelligence first identified a stream of tractor-trailer trucks moving from Iraq to Syria to Lebaon in January 2003. The significance of this sighting did not register on the CIA at the time.

U.S. intelligence sources believe the area contains extended-range Scud-based missiles and parts for chemical and biological warheads.

[WL-law]

This has been reported by John Loftus for weeks if not months. Great news if true. I'm inclined to believe this.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Bekaa

[AdmSmith]

"Great news if true" You said it. Whishful thinking.

[demnomo]

Ah, isn't this publication the one that features the continuing adventures of Bat Boy?

[SunStar]

Ah, isn't this publication the one that features the continuing adventures of Bat Boy?

No! That is the Weekly World News.

[stylin19a]

U.S. intelligence first identified a stream of tractor-trailer trucks moving from Iraq to Syria to Lebaon in January 2003. The significance of this sighting did not register on the CIA at the time.
Is this possible about the CIA ?

If WMD in Lebabnon is remotely true, now is the time to put the rest of the world's feet to the fire...go to the "world" body (U.N.) and demand that inspections in Lebanon be allowed.

[demnomo]

Ooops. That's right. My mistake. Still, how credible is the World Tribune? Don't know that much about Geostrategy-Direct.com either. Of course, there has been a lot of credible speculation that the WMD's went to Syria. If this report is true, I'm very concerned that Hizbollah and other assorted terrorists have access to that stuff.

It needs to be captured, blown up or destroyed ASAP. Israel and the US needs to get on this or else--to hell with the bleating and whining from the leftists and Islamofascist scum...

[SunStar]

Still, how credible is the World Tribune?

They seem credible to me. They usually come out with the information before the major outlets do. They certainly are more credible than an outlet like Debka.

[Franz Liebkind]

This has been around since this winter. Isreali Intelligence reported this and it was leaked to everybody who would listen. Guess what? Nobody listened.

[SunStar]

This has been around since this winter. Isreali Intelligence reported this and it was leaked to everybody who would listen. Guess what? Nobody listened.

That's most likely because "no one" wants to do anything about it... at least until after the 2004 elections.

[muleskinner]

The Bekka Vally...time to clean out that retched hive of scum and villany.

[aegiscg47]

Wasn't there a report a few months ago about an explosion in one of the Hezbulloh training camps in Lebanon? The Red Crescent was not allowed to go in and tend to the wounded if I recall right. Wonder if they were "experimenting" with their new toys?

[Grim]

Still, how credible is the World Tribune?

WT is published by folks at the Washington Times.

[caltrop]

Sounds like terrible news to me. One of the concerns many of us who think the Iraq War was/is a fool's errand was that it might give Saddam reason to reconsider his policy of not sharing WMD with terrorists. I don't understand how it can possibly be good news if terrorists have gotten their hands on the stuff.

[ravingnutter]

They certainly are more credible than an outlet like Debka.

Funny you should mention Debka, they reported this months ago. The source was Israeli intelligence. This was also reported by World Net Daily. Also to add fuel to the fire...

The powerful blast that reverberated across eastern and central Lebanon Sunday, December 29, was caused by the explosion of a big surface missile in Hizballah hands and of Iraqi origin. Reporting this, DEBKAfile’s exclusive military and Lebanese sources reveal that the Lebanese Shiite terrorist group has recently taken delivery of a shipment of surface missiles, presumed to be medium-range, from the Iraqi army. The blast occurred at a Hizballah training camp near a village called Janta in the northeastern section of the Beqaa Valley close to the Syrian frontier. This camp is also used by the group as a testing ground for new weapons, short range missiles and explosive devices. The blast was heard at a distance of 20 km indicating a warhead of one ton at least.

According to our sources, the missile exploded suddenly, catching the Hizballah team handling it unawares and causing a large number of casualties, as indicated by the long line of ambulances and rescue teams reported by witnesses to be racing to the blast scene from northern and central Lebanon. Among them were Syrian military rescue vehicles. The Hizballah quickly sealed off the ravaged area, allowing no one through but the rescue teams, their own operatives and Syrian officers.

Debka

If it is true that the CIA also ignored this evidence that was staring them in the face, it is just more proof that we need to fire everyone in the CIA and start over...I am still mad about the following...

An unsigned CIA memo on Oct. 5 advised that "the CIA had reservations about the British reporting" on Iraq's alleged attempts in Niger, Hadley said. A second memo, sent on Oct. 6, elaborated on the CIA's doubts, describing "some weakness in the evidence," such as the fact that Iraq already had a large stock of uranium and probably wouldn't need more, Hadley said.

Source

What boneheads....

[rocklobster11]

tractor-trailers moving to Syria in January 2003, prior to the invasion. Perhaps they were loaded with explosives (and perhaps WMD) from Al Qaqaa?

[eyespysomething]

Perhaps something from Al Qa Qaa?

[txhurl]

Well at least we won't have to listen to the 'see, no wmd' bull$hit crowd anymore.

[rocklobster11]

Note this is an OLD thread. I just brought it up again in connection with the NYTrogate story.