Report: Iraq weapons search update late

Washington Times UPI/Drudge ^ | Sept. 14

[woofie]

LONDON, -- A scheduled update on any Iraqi weapons of mass destruction is being delayed and the entire report may not be published, The Sunday Times of London reported.

There was no immediate response from U.S. officials, but the report that originated with British officials said the Anglo-American team of 1,400 scientists, military and intelligence experts has very little to report.

[goodnesswins]

concers = concerns

[showme_the_Glory]

What? No mustard? That is a war crime. This is series. Vey series.

[jwalsh07]

Here's a snippet from Bob Novak from mid August about the time you're NO WMD allies on the left shut their pieholes:

WASHINGTON -- Former international weapons inspector David Kay, now seeking Iraqi weapons of mass destruction for the Pentagon, has privately reported successes that are planned to be revealed to the public in mid-September.

Kay has told his superiors he has found substantial evidence of biological weapons in Iraq, plus considerable missile development. He has been less successful in locating chemical weapons, and has not yet begun a substantial effort to locate progress toward nuclear arms.

I'm betting he has documentation of transfers of same to Ansar al Islam. Why should we care about that? Well, for the simple reason that AAI is AL Qaeda and Al Qaeda has "issues' with Americans.

[MEGoody]

"If true, I dont get it."

If they haven't physically found anything, then there's nothing to report. But we know that Saddam had WMD. We know he was working on his program within months of the threat of war from the U.S. The only question that we have is, what did he do with them once he became convinced that the U.S. was coming to get him?

[MEGoody]

"The pro-war folks who got us in this mess will rationalize, ignore, and then rationalize again."

So I take it you would be happier if Saddam were still in power?

[Marianne]

. . . the final report to be given the Central Intelligence Agency may not be made public.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[clamboat]

If they haven't physically found anything, then there's nothing to report. But we know that Saddam had WMD. We know he was working on his program within months of the threat of war from the U.S.

Are you just testing the old maxim, "Repeat a lie often enough and people will start to believe it"?

How do "we know that Saddam had WMD"? From the self-serving lies of Iraqi traitors who fled Saddam's regime? We don't "know" diddly. The only thing that is clear is that the Iraqi scientists have consistently said that the weapons program was dismantled after the first gulf war, and that no WMD are in evidence on the ground with over a hundred thousand troops on the ground there.

"We know"...sheez, what a pack of lies.

[JohnGalt]

Good catch; Kay is a CIA errand boy so it makes sense.

Who is David Kay?
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33307
Extensive links on David Kay
http://csf.colorado.edu/forums/peace/aug03/msg00017.html

Iraqi Scientists Contradict Kay:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1016856,00.html

Update on David Kay's Investigation (9/6/2003/)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32975-2003Sep5.html

[yonif]

IDF Intelligence: Iraq may have hidden Scuds, other weapons in Syria

Author: WMDs hidden in Syria: Writer of best seller says weapons evidence in Damascus

[TexKat]

Waaaaaaaaaait, hold your horses, all is not lost.

The truth is suppose to air September 17th 2003 by the Notorious Truth Teller himself:

Baghdad Bob Speaks: Saddam Sought Nukes

Al Jazeera reports on its Web site that Abu Dhabi television has interviewed the infamous Mohammed Saeed Al Sahhaf, the former Iraqi information minister known to Americans as "Baghdad Bob."

Al Jazeera wrote that Al Sahhaf will "reveal part of the war secrets and how ousted president Saddam Hussein felt he would lose the war."

"He was more frank and direct than previous interviews after the war ... he revealed many secrets before and during the war ... it was an exciting interview," his interviewer, Jaber Obaid, told Gulf News.

"You will notice that he has changed since the end of the war, both in style and appearance ... he speaks freely, looks lively and is well dressed. ... "

Baghdad Bob reportedly admitted, during the five-hour interview, that "Saddam believed that he will lose the war if it erupts," that Iraq did indeed seek nuclear weapons, and that King Hussein of Jordan sponsored secret talks between Iraq and the U.S. in a European capital long before the war.

Regarding Saddam himself, the Al Ittihad newspaper wrote, "Sahhaf apologized for being unable to answer some questions directly related to Saddam ... he also refused to blame him for what happened."

[MEGoody]

"How do "we know that Saddam had WMD"?"

We know because he used them and they were never destroyed by the inspectors after that act.

We know because we have proof he purchased things from France and Germany that were forbidden under the sanctions.

We can be fairly certain because the intelligence agencies of EVERY OTHER COUNTRY said that Saddam had them - it wasn't just our intelligence.

So please, tell me again how it's a 'lie' that we know Saddam had WMD.

[Your Nightmare]

We know because he used them

He used them a long time ago. And WMD are consumables, if you use them it doesn't mean you have more to use.


It doesn't make sense. Saddam would have to be a madman not to allow inspections if he didn't have WMDs...wait, he is a madman. If he acted rationally, he wouldn't be a madman.

[Austin Willard Wright]

Ah...an advocate of humanitarian intervention. I take it then you want to remove assorted African dictators....or are you "happy" that Mugabe, etc. is still in power? You must be unless you want to send troops, right?

[UCANSEE2]

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[Marianne]

Thanks for the links. I didn't see this one on your list.
"Bush's Top WMD Inspector David Kay is NOT a scientist of any kind." LINK

[RetiredArmy]

Unfortunately, our intelligence capabilities were decimated by the Klinton administration and will suffer for years. You cannot put good humitel (human intelligence) into place overnight. Once lost, it is lost for decades. It takes years to build up that type of network and Klinton prohibited our people from doing business with scum bags, thus hurt our humitel capabilities. He must have thought that only honorable and honest people were spies, counterspies, defectors, and the like. Sometimes you have to deal with garbage to find the trash.

[stck]

However, it is not meaningless that US forces found thousands of brand new chem/bio suits and atropine kits when they overran Iraqi positions.

That's nonsense, but gets repeated ever so often..
Someone please tell me a half-way modern army out there that does NOT have protective suits and atropine!
And that stuff is supposed to be with the soldiers at all times as part of basic equipment (the atropine only in case of war), not piling up in a depot somewhere!

[rmgatto]

Don't you admire people who ignore what you say and proceed to drip condescension and sarcasm all over themselves in an effort to obscure the complete picture? It's almost like listening to democrats. "No truth too small to pervert".