[drhogan]

this is the first time i've read one of his translations--i didn't even realize he had done the translation himself until he told me.
the reason for asking about verification, is that i like to know specifics before i say to someone that it has been proven that Saddam had wmd when the US armed forces were sent in.
i assume that saddam had all sorts of evil weapons, and that he probably got them out of the country or buried them, but it's always helpful to know where a document comes from.

i also think, that if i were saddam, and i was concerned with someone finding out about my wmd, i might call my chemical warfare unit something else, like "Iraqi humanitarian aid platoon".

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

One document is not likely to prove much, we will need lots of documents translated , then folks with good military knowledge going thru and doing some heavy work of correlation and cross-checking.

For many , what I am saying is pretty obvious, for others that clearly aren't up to speed on the topic we need to politiely inform them without slowing down those that have the skills needed to do the heavy lifting!

Just my two cents....

jveritas is getting a pretty heavy barrage of questions, seems to me.

[maine-iac7]

"Iraqi humanitarian aid platoon".

LOL

I think you're right - IF he thought there were ever a snow ball's chance in h*ll that we would ever have access to his internal papers.

That's what a bloated ego will getcha...(I hope that television is still going outside Saddam's cell - I feel good just thinking of him watching these docs being translated and knowing just what horrific things he did and was planning on that just might be the next document that sees the light of day. His mama shoulda taught him the old saw: "What goes 'round, comes 'round.")