IRAQI SOLDIER CAPTURED WITH ANTHRAX & INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO KILL COALITION SOLDIERS

MSNBC | 3/2203 | Bob Arnot

[Steven W.]

Breaking: Bob Arnot of NBC News reports coalition forces have captured an Iraqi soldier who was found to have an envelope with a suspicious powder, presumably anthrax, and instructions on how to kill coalition soldiers using it. Arnot is stationed with the medivac units supporting coalition forces.

[concerned about politics]

just a bunch of people arguing about something that's stupid to argue about.

Give 'em hell, Peach! :-)

[Peach]

I'm not defending anyone but please - I GET IT. You've repeated it enough times everyone gets it. Let's move on. People should NOT have to read through such useless drivel tring to find if there's more information on this important topic. Let's all act like grown-ups.

[BRL]

Nice of you to start a conversation with me and then tell me to cut it out.

[cowtowney]

I am "deeply saddened" by this news.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Ewing posted the same info in a thread he started. He sourced the information by linking it to the MSNBC homepage. I (and another) spent some time searching that page (before I even knew about this thread) for the story. Nothing was there. I became suspect. I don't appreciate people making things up.

The part you are missing is the fact that NOBODY MADE ANYTHING UP... All they did was post a link to the website of the NETWORK THAT AIRED THE REPORT... Get a grip...

[RAT Patrol]

Did our troops get Anthrax vacinnations?

I was under the impression they did.

[TomGuy]

Wonder whether J Garofalo is getting a bit nervous. She promised to crawl on broken glass, etc.

[wastoute]

My wife and I have been talking about this for weeks. O'Reily has said that when the evidence is found he is going to "hold some people's feet to the fire", but those people have had their feet to the fire before and they haven't changed their minds one bit. The "Hate America" first crowd won't ever give up.

[over3Owithabrain]

Tell me about it. I have an old friend on the Left Coast who is barraging me with emails reagrding his opposition to this war. The amount of half-truths, conspiracy theories, and pure propoganda is mind-boggling. It comes down to him simply taking a side and not willing to believe anything good from the US/Bush. Even as he braces for a successful liberation of Iraq, he concludes that will only be dumb luck.

Some people...

[laz17]

Their every move and involvement will carry implied entrapment with it.

Yes indeed. From this moment on, we should treat our former "allies" as if they had the plague and keep them at a distance. No more playing games, no more making nice in the interest of diplomacy. We are dealing with evil, and evil will kill you if you blink for an instant. Bush and Blair cannot afford to let ONE single Frenchman set foot on Iraqi soil and have the opportunity to seize or destroy evidence. No one belonging to any nation not a member of our coalition should come anywhere NEAR Iraq. So Chirac doesn't want the US and UK administering post-war Iraq? What are you gonna do about it, Jacques? Send troops? Go ahead, if you want to lose them. You're gonna find out we are NOT playing games.

And let me say something which just occurred to me. For weeks now, it's been apparent that part of the reason for Turkey's intransigence has been the meddling of Chirac. Has anyone considered that Chirac could actually go so far as to ask that Turkish troops going into northern Iraq to deal with Kurds also be on the lookout for evidence they can seize or destroy?

[Quix]

Reminds me of a prophecy on the other thread!

Thanks.

[mikegi]

and didn't somebody plant atta's wallet at the WTC site?

Yep, and what's more, the entire 9/11 terrorist attack was organized by Cheney using Israel's Mossad agents who installed remote-controlled auto-pilots on the jets. There were supposed to be only three (3) airliners attacking (WTC1, WTC2, Pentagon) but Bush insisted on a fourth plane to hit the White House while he was gone. GWB's eyes began roving after seeing all the young interns and Laura was getting on his nerves. Unfortunately for GWB, the fourth plane was hastily rigged up and failed to complete its mission.

If we put our heads together, we can unravel this whole conspiracy! Keep up the good work!

[jpl]

Our troops get vaccinated for anthrax, smallpox, and practically everything else under the sun. You get on line, and walk down like an assembly line while the doctors stick you like a pin cushion.

[over3Owithabrain]

The "Hate America" first crowd won't ever give up. Yep. They've managed to spin utter defeat regarding the Cold War and Soviet communism. They will no doubt do the same here.

[Freedom of Speech Wins]

Surprised the cable networks aren't even mentioning this! At least in the wrap-ups I have seen in the last hour.

[Boot Hill]

  "How in the hell are we going to handle such finds in a way that convinces fair-minded people that we didn't plant or fake this?"

Frankly, I don't care about the opinions of the "international community". The fair minded will recognize the truth, the America haters wouldn't be convinced if the truth came to them inscribed on stone tablets (Oh wait, that's already been done).

Besides, if this report is true, that envelope will have come from a very much larger source. When that is found, the skeptics, naysayers and conspiracy theorists will have just too hard a time explaining that away.

--Boot Hill

[cyncooper]

Exactly the reason there are embedded journalists among our military units.

Exactly. I made the same point yesterday on a thread that spoke of the history of atrocities committed by Saddam's son Uday, and someone started handwringing that the press would cover it up.

No way. The embedded journalists will be there when this stuff is found and be witnesses to it, plus get to tell the story.

I hate the media along with the best (witness the idiots at the press briefings), but the reporters along for the ride with the troops will be invaluable to keeping the record accurate.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

What were the libs saying about proof that Iraq has hidden WMD and wants to use them? As usual, the libs and American muslims will dismiss this with a wave of the hand and flatly say that it was fabricated.

[EllaMinnow]

There are some who can be convinced, and some who are providing real evidence.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/872426/posts