THE ROAD ENDS FOR WMD ON WHEELS

New York Post ^ | 5/08/03 | NILES LATHEM

[kattracks]

May 8, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - A suspected mobile germ warfare factory has been seized by the U.S. military in northern Iraq - the first solid evidence that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, the Pentagon said yesterday.

American forces in Iraq are conducting a battery of tests on what they believe is a mobile biological-weapons lab that is similar to the descriptions of vehicles provided to U.S. intelligence agencies by Iraqi defectors before the war.

[NMFXSTC]

"A suspected mobile germ warfare factory has been seized by the U.S. military in northern Iraq - the first solid evidence that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction..."

Oh boy! "Solid" evidence? That suspected stuff is about as solid and concrete as it gets, huh? "No traces of biological agents were initially discovered because the trailer was wiped clean with some kind of bleach..."

Yep...probably some sort of "stealth/top secret" kinda Chlorox...ya can't trust those guys!

Another "credible" find...like our homeland defense color alerts? I am still trying to find out where that color thingy is posted each day...flags, a little thingy in the corner of the TV screen...where?)

[The Great Satan]

Speaking to Pentagon reporters via satellite up-link, Wallace added he believes that the Iraqis never used chemical or biological weapons during the war because they were so carefully hidden from U.N. inspectors that there simply wasn't time to deploy the weapons in the face of the quick advance. "Inspectors only left Baghdad a few days before the start of the campaign. Because they were so clever in disguising them and burying them so deep, they themselves had a problem getting to it," Wallace said.

You might get a few chuckles out of this.

[Imal]

Meanwhile, my trusty elephant-repelling ring still works. I haven't been attacked by an elephant yet!

[piasa]

I reckon you're the type who thinks these things are for "food testing?"

And who thinks that aluminum tubing toleranced to a mirror finish on the INSIDE was for "rocket fuselages."

And who thinks all that aerosil Iraq purchased was for "cosmetcs," even though it doesn't look like anyone over there has a clue on how to use them.

And who thinks those missiles Iraq had in violation of the cease fire terms were "just a mistake" caused by Iraqi engineers not converting their SI measurements to American standard correctly.

And who thinks those warheads Blix found in Iraq, including one which was filled, were really pinatas for multicultural children's parties.

And who thinks that Scott Ritter really wasn't bribed by Iraq through their agent in the US. (And Ritter did too know it was a cop he was conversing with!)

And who thinks that Galloway had an honest job as Iraq's public relations minister.

And who thinks that Abu Nidal really did commit suicide in Iraq and didn't have a thing to do with transactions between the Iraqi government and Palestinian groups backing suicide bombers.

And who thinks that leaving millions of US dollars lying about in old houses is an indicator of honest banking.

And who thinks that terorist training base was really just a college dorm.

And who thinks all those nuclear scientists in Iraq were studying nothing and working as ice cream slaesmen for lack of anything better to do.

And who thinks that Iraq filmed and blackmailed a UN inspector "for nothing."

And who thinks that Iraq bought Mercedes to give to journalists all over in order to obtain "fair and balanced coverage" during the inspections process.

And who thinks that Iraq decided to endure sanctions when it had nothing up its sleeve.

And who thinks that the folks at Halabja and 100 or more other villages were simultaneously scalded by teakettles and not chemicle warfare agents.

And who thinks that Iraq really didn't mean it when it admitted to aflatoxin research and development.

And who thinks Iraq had to smuggle capacitors through London because it had a real need for them in some booming Iraqi business as yet unexplained.

And who thinks that stocking schools and hospitals with RPGs and AK-47s is legitimate and perfectly normal.

And who thinks that the Tigris has natural deposits of mustard in it.

And who thinks that those memos in Baghdad asking for funding and also paying for lodging and transportation for an "al-Qaeda envoy" in Sudan - bin Laden- to visit Iraq was to converse with them on planning for the next Summer Olympics in Khartoum and Iraq really had no idea he was a terrorist.

And who thinks that Zarqawi was a loose cannon who stayed in Baghdad on his own, got medical care there, and then went on to arrange the murder of the US official Foley just for kicks and not because it was OK with Iraq.

And who thinks that Cynthia McKinney was there out of the goodness of her heart and not for monetary gain when she visited Iraq...

And who thiks that Iraq confiscated documents on chemical weapons from UN inspectors because those documents were really Hillary's Whitewater files and they were concerned for her.

And who thinks that call from the Abu Sayaff terrorists in the Philippines to the Iraqi embassy to announce their success had nothing to do with the death of a US Green Beret in a bombing there.

And when UNSCOM dismantled that German centrifuge they were in error- it was really an elaborate and harmless food processor.

And in May 2001 Iraq promoted their bioweapons scientist Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash to Baath Party regional command because she looked sexy in tight turtlenecks and it really didn't have a thing to do with her interest in deadly pathogens.

And who thinks that Iraqi state-run press article praising bin Laden was a type-o.

And Hussein's open letter read on Iraqi radio which glorified the use of bioterrorism... was just a moment of sneility and he was really thinking of poounding his enemies with powdered-sugar donuts.

And who thinks Iraq was shooting down drones (right up to, on, and through 9/11) because they might spot the secret Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture goat-breeding project.

[palmer]

And who thinks that aluminum tubing toleranced to a mirror finish on the INSIDE was for "rocket fuselages."

I reckon you're the type who thinks rocket fuselages should only be polished on the OUTSIDE.

[piasa]

And who thinks that it's perfectly routine for Iraqis to rush up to UN inspectors shouting "save me, save me!" before being hauled off by Iraqi police.

And who buys that story about Iraqi scientists not wanting to talk to UN inspectors until after a selected few had been taught to memerize their talking points, but were never trusted with talking to the UN in private.

And who thinks that claiming your nation is starving while there are storehouses full of grain was the result of an accounting error.

As was that little decades long misunderstanding with Iranian POWs, and that decade long deal with captured Kuwaitis- some 600 were "lost in the system," and didn't meet untimely deaths as trest subjects or anything. they will turn up at a "communistu center" one day... with their babysitter Capt. Speicher.

And Iraq just lost count of those missiles it had...owing to forgetting them after scattering them about in ditches, under chicken coops, and so on. You know how those Teamsters are- they get paid by the hour and without AC in their caps they have been known to park under trees for shade and nap.

And the army which bought cheap plastic helmets for its troops instead of decent ones was seriously convered about US bioweapons - enough to buy all the injectors they could possibly need - and none of that protection equipment they had was for protection against their own stuff, which of course they never had in spite of admitting to it over the years when pressed real hard.

And who thinks the infamous UN leakers had a desire to inform Iraq ahead of time so Iraq could hide what it didn't have...

And who thinks that Castro told Iraq to destroy what it didn't have the first week of March because Castro was part of a US plot to make the world think innocent Iraq was guilty.

And who thinks Iraq buried and airplane just for the fun of it - and not to hide anything.

Yeah, that's the ticket...!

[palmer]

And who thinks a huge laundry list of innuendo will hide the fact that no evidence of WMD have been found even though Iraq was alleged to have thousands of gallons of nerve agents, anthrax, etc, etc.

[piasa]

Do you polish the inside of a hand grenade or mortar shell so you can see Mr. Clean in the reflection? Nope- of course not..... unless you want to lob a $12,000 hand grenade. The ratio of cost to benefit for a rocket of the nature Iraq claimed to be designing with those tolerances wouldn't be even remotely favorable.

[highpockets]

Only those with security clearances higher than the Moon actually know about Iraqs WMD.

But it makes great spin for those who hate the president and can not stand Americas success.

[alnick]

Evidence of WMD:

The mobile lab just recovered.

Cyanide and mustard in the Euphrates.

Chem suits and atropine found in large quantities in Iraq.

A large amount of documentary evidence of a WMD program reported by Gen. Wallace.

[Cameron1]

Would love to be there when we take the evidence to ole Tariq Aziz and say I though you said this stuff didn't exist. No deal for you bud......you will now be held for war crimes.

[varon]

And who thinks..And who thinks..And who thinks..And who thinks..And who thinks..And who thinks..And who thinks..And who thinks..And who thinks..And who thinks..And who thinks..And who thinks..And who thinks..............

There's a whole lot of thinkin' goin' on out theah ;-)

[guitfiddlist]

I find it very interesting...no...actually bloody typical, that the carping pinheads on the left refuse to go ON RECORD and say "There ARE no WMD's, there never WERE any WMD's, it was all a sham to get personal revenge on Saddam."

No, the cowards refuse to put themselves on the line. Instead, they snipe from the safety of the sidelines, with curious complaints, like "Well...it's taking really LONG to find those WMD's!" (The prissy little twits won't actually say there aren't any). Or "Our intelligence is really bad if we can't find 3 ounce vials of toxins in a country the size of California within a couple weeks of its defeat."

Come on critics! Have the courage of your "convictions". If you have any convictions beyond "Man, I like really hate Bush....and I'm gonna bitch and moan like a 2-year old about anything he does." Go on record. Put your money where that big, fat mouth of yours is. Tell us there are no WMD's. State it publicly and stick around for when your dung sandwiches are finally ready. We'll be happy to serve them...and force-feed you like Peking ducks.

[palmer]

Where's the thousands of gallons of stuff? It's essentially impossible to dispose of it. As I stated before the war, Iraq didn't represent a threat. Now it is becoming increasingly obvious that I was correct.

[piasa]

LOL

They keep saying there isn't any WMD because we haven't found this or that in 50 days (most of which is kind of occupied with pacification and shooting at hostiles)... Yet they all - and Iraq and Bliz and ElBaradei too- admit that Iraq bought and took delivery on thousands of aluminum tubes for this "prioeless" rocket program of theirs.

Problem is, we haven't found the aluminum tubes or the rocket program Iraq openly confessed to yet, either...

You'd think that would be easy... since everyone knows they were purchased, and they were paid for, and they were shipped. But it isn't. Iraq may have them inside the country hidden, or it may have them stored outside, as it has did before. (They stored some equipment in the Jordanian desert before, and elsewhere.)

They seem to think this stuff is going to be bar coded on a WalMart shelf somewhere in plain sight, and don't even pay attention to the most important part- eliminating the development of WMD, and eliminating the sort of regime which is hosts terrorists and is willing to use terrorists as proxies.

[palmer]

Secret knowledge of WMD is great spin for waging war against anybody, anytime, any reason. If it was in our interests to invade Iraq, then prove it.

[Mr_Slippery]

Of course, the Bush administration just doesn't realise that their "mobile bio-weapons lab" is simply the Iraqi version of a rolling vaccination program--the free health care dispensary for all Iraqi children...
..or, it's a high-tech "bookmobile", where young students of Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax learn the fine points of gene splicing of military toxins.
--I'm tired

[palmer]

There are no WMD's (other than a few leftovers from the 80's).

[Night Hides Not]

Forgive me for not reading your posts in their entirety...I can't handle so much thinking this early in the morning.

Excellent analyis, piasa. Isn't it amazing that all these people wanted to give Hans Blix and his people another six months or more, but aren't willing to give our folks 30 days?

If the liberals were smart, they would have read Bush's book, A Charge to Keep. Dubya let everyone know who he really is with that book. I keep thinking of the movie Patton, where after he beat Rommel in battle, Patton triumphantly exalts:

ROMMEL, YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD! I READ YOUR BOOK!

As I've stated before, George W. Bush is one man I would not want to play poker against.

Before the summer is out, I am confident that tons of WMD agents will be discovered.