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Saddam has authorized use of mass destruction weapons - US defense official
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| Feb. 9, 2003
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Posted on 02/09/2003 8:52:05 AM PST by FairOpinion
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Saddam authorized the use the weapons of mass destruction he claims he doesn't have.
To: FairOpinion
This story came out a couple of days ago, although a lot of mainstream news outlets have been slow to pick up on it.
To: FairOpinion
I am sure that if a Mexican-Chinese invasion force tried to take over our country the president would authorize the use of all kinds of bio and chemical weapons 'we do not have'. One problem with the current Iraq policy is that Saddam is in a corner and desperate.
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
This story came out a couple of days ago, although a lot of mainstream news outlets have been slow to pick up on it.
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I know, I was considering whether or not to post it, but I think this article is updated news, in that a US official officially confirms that news.
To: FairOpinion
Why wouldn't Saddam use his WMD? Of course he will.
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posted on
02/09/2003 9:03:26 AM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: A Vast RightWing Conspirator
"I am sure that if a Mexican-Chinese invasion force tried to take over our country the president would authorize the use of all kinds of bio and chemical weapons 'we do not have'"
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I doubt that you are correct. You appear to imply that there is a moral equivalence between the US and Iraq, which is totally wrong, for reasons too obvious and too numerous to mention.
"One problem with the current Iraq policy is that Saddam is in a corner and desperate."
Are you trying to imply that Saddam is justified, and that somehow it's going to be our fault, that "we are forcing him" into using WMD?
To: FairOpinion
No problem. The media has been really slow to report on this, so I don't see a problem with posting it again.
To: FairOpinion
Yep. Those same WMD that he claims he ain't got...
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posted on
02/09/2003 9:07:19 AM PST
by
mhking
("The home team Iraqis have won the toss and elected to receive...")
To: FairOpinion
He will use these WMD on his own people...and say that it was the USA. Do not be shocked...if Baghdad is nuked by his own hands.
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posted on
02/09/2003 9:07:56 AM PST
by
Lucas1
To: FairOpinion
Yes, I'm implying that giving Saddam no choice but to be desperate is nothing but encouraging him to be at his worst. Accusing them of intending to do desperate things is just a tiny bit hypocritical
Any head of state who's not a limp worm would do whatever he can to defend his nation. (After all, Saddam may not be 'the French'). We WOULD use nukes and whatever else if attacked and saw no other way and even if we did see another way but found nukes to be a more expeditious way out (see Hiroshima) and so would others.
To: FairOpinion
"We know that Saddam Hussein has given a green light to his officers to use weapons of mass destruction
President's Radio Address
February 8, 2003
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Powell briefed the United Nations Security Council on Iraq's illegal weapons program, its attempts to hide those weapons, and its links to terrorist groups.
The Iraqi regime's violations of Security Council Resolutions are evident, they are dangerous to America and the world, and they continue to this hour.
The regime has never accounted for a vast arsenal of deadly, biological and chemical weapons. To the contrary, the regime is pursuing an elaborate campaign to conceal its weapons materials and to hide or intimidate key experts and scientists. This effort of deception is directed from the highest levels of the Iraqi regime, including Saddam Hussein, his son, Iraq's vice president and the very official responsible for cooperating with inspectors.
The Iraqi regime has actively and secretly attempted to obtain equipment needed to produce chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. Firsthand witnesses have informed us that Iraq has at least seven mobile factories for the production of biological agents -- equipment mounted on trucks and rails to evade discovery.
The Iraqi regime has acquired and tested the means to deliver weapons of mass destruction. It has never accounted for thousands of bombs and shells capable of delivering chemical weapons. It is actively pursuing components for prohibited ballistic missiles. And we have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons -- the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have.
One of the greatest dangers we face is that weapons of mass destruction might be passed to terrorists who would not hesitate to use those weapons. Saddam Hussein has longstanding, direct and continuing ties to terrorist networks. Senior members of Iraqi intelligence and al Qaeda have met at least eight times since the early 1990s. Iraq has sent bomb-making and document forgery experts to work with al Qaeda. Iraq has also provided al Qaeda with chemical and biological weapons training. And an al Qaeda operative was sent to Iraq several times in the late 1990s for help in acquiring poisons and gases.
We also know that Iraq is harboring a terrorist network headed by a senior al Qaeda terrorist planner. This network runs a poison and explosive training camp in northeast Iraq, and many of its leaders are known to be in Baghdad.
This is the situation as we find it -- 12 years after Saddam Hussein agreed to disarm and more than 90 days after the Security Council passed Resolution 1441 by a unanimous vote. Saddam Hussein was required to make a full declaration of his weapons programs. He has not done so. Saddam Hussein was required to fully cooperate in the disarmament of his regime. He has not done so. Saddam Hussein was given a final chance. He is throwing away that chance.
Having made its demands, the Security Council must not back down when those demands are defied and mocked by a dictator. The United States would welcome and support a new resolution making clear that the Security Council stands behinds its previous demands. Yet, resolutions mean little without resolve. And the United States, along with a growing coalition of nations, will take whatever action is necessary to defend ourselves and disarm the Iraqi regime.
Thank you for listening.
END
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posted on
02/09/2003 9:12:13 AM PST
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(An American Fellowship of Freedom loving Conservatives)
To: FairOpinion
But, he said he doesn't have WMD. How can this be??????
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posted on
02/09/2003 9:16:08 AM PST
by
Indy Pendance
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To: Lucas1
He will use these WMD on his own people...and say that it was the USA. Do not be shocked...if Baghdad is nuked by his own hands. I agree. Didn't he say something similar at first about the oil wells in GWI?
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posted on
02/09/2003 9:17:46 AM PST
by
Indy Pendance
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To: FairOpinion
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posted on
02/09/2003 9:24:20 AM PST
by
The Great Satan
(Revenge, Terror and Extortion: A Guide for the Perplexed)
To: Indy Pendance
Radiological poisoning -- a "dirty bomb" only without the bomb. Saddam can spread radioactive compounds over oil aread or Baghdad. A dustcloud of Anthrax over the city? Nerve agents? What will we do in retailiation if SADDAM poisons Baghdad? Nuke Baghdad? Well, maybe Tikrit, but I suspect that we will not be able to retailiate with WMD except perhaps in a symbolic way, like an isolated "presidential site."
To: FairOpinion
I doubt that you are correct. You appear to imply that there is a moral equivalence between the US and Iraq, which is totally wrong He's exactly correct.
If an overwhelming sized army rolled across our Southern border, we'd throw everything we had at them, biologicals, chemical, neutron...
I'd be yelling from the rooftops for them to do so, too.
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To: DAnconia55
If an overwhelming sized army rolled across our Southern border, we'd throw everything we had at them, biologicals, chemical, neutron...
Yea like the chinese? because most of the mexicans are already here!
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posted on
02/09/2003 9:55:08 AM PST
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(An American Fellowship of Freedom loving Conservatives)
To: Dog Gone
"Why wouldn't Saddam use his WMD? Of course he will."Saddam does not have his literal finger on the proverbial trigger for the WMD's. It is up to his lieutenants to actually fire the weapons. That is why we have been sending messages to the troops that they, or more likely their glowing corpses, will be tried as war criminals if they dare to follow Saddam's orders to use these weapons.
I pray our warnings succeed.
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