Iraqi army chief backs WMD claim

Associated Press ^ | 12/6/03 | Associated Press

[demsux]

How the heck is the AP going to bury this???

[Moonman62]

They report it once on a Saturday and never mention it again.

[Faraday]

Hmmm. Could this be the big one?

[FairOpinion]

"I am the one responsible for providing this information," he was quoted as saying. "It is 100 per cent accurate.

"Forget 45 minutes, we could have fired these within half an hour," Col al-Dabbagh added. He said the weapons were not used because most of the Iraqi army did not want to fight for Saddam."

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Can someone read this to Daschle, the rest of the Dems and the Brits who attacked Blair? Will they all apologize to Bush and Blair?

[ChadGore]

Will this be featured in a "very special 48 hours" with Dan Rather ?

[FairOpinion]

The original UK Telegraph article, to which this AP article is referring to, is posted here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1035385/posts

[armymarinemom]

Liberals will try to bury this as fast as Saddam buried his own people.

[Maria S]

"Can someone read this to Daschle, the rest of the Dems and the Brits who attacked Blair?"

To heck with reading this to Daschle et al...I want to hear Russert and Steffy ask HILLARY CLINTON about it on the Sunday talk shows!!! I think she's scheduled to be on all three in the morning (NBC,ABC,CBS). Of course not FOX...whadda you think...she's a dummy?!?

[FairOpinion]

What we need, is to get that Iraqi general to come on FoxNews.

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"When I asked him whether the information in the document relating to the 45-minute issue was 100 per cent accurate, he responded with characteristic Iraqi enthusiasm: "It is 200 per cent accurate!" he exclaimed. "And forget 45 minutes. We could have fired them within half an hour."

The weapons themselves were finally deployed at his own unit towards the end of last year. "They arrived in boxes marked 'Made in Iraq' and looked like something you fired with a rocket-propelled grenade," Lt Col al-Dabbagh explained.

"They were either chemical or biological weapons; I don't know which, because only the Fedayeen and the Special Republican Guard were allowed to use them. All I know is that we were told that when we used these weapons we had to wear gas masks."

He believes that the only reason these weapons were not used during Operation Iraqi Freedom last spring is that the bulk of the Iraqi army refused to fight for Saddam.

"The West should thank God that the Iraqi army decided not to fight," he said. "If the army had fought for Saddam, and used these weapons, there would have been terrible consequences."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1035385/posts

The UK Telegraph article has much more detail, very interesting.

[Kirkwood]

I never doubted this and all the other evidence that brought us to war. It is just a matter of time for the truth to finally come out. It won't make any difference to the Bush-bashers, though.

[AGreatPer]

Maria S, this is not a scheduled part of the questions, not pre-approved. Forget it.

[Gothmog]

And that's why the Iraqi frontline troops had all those chemical suits, etc. Why is this so hard for lib dems and the media to understand?

[Destro]

So where are the WMD? They still pose a danger then and the war did not remove the threat-just spread it around.

[FairOpinion]

"So where are the WMD?"

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Syria.

[Destro]

So why is Bush endangering my life by not invading Syria?

[Destro]

So why is Bush endangering my life by not invading Syria?

[FairOpinion]

"So why is Bush endangering my life by not invading Syria?"

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My guess is that he would have already done it, if the Dems would support the WoT, instead of obstructing it, by their constant attacks on Bush.

[kaiser80]

oops in Syria there are no WMD eighter. Sorry. Maybe it's in Iran. Lets go there!!!

[InterceptPoint]

Hmmm. Could this be the big one?

The leftist press has already established the "fact" that any Iraqi who was cooperating with U.S. or British Intelligence cannot be trusted. Look back at the stories and the comments of the major media talking heads. This one will be tossed on the garbage heap by the media as not even worthy of consideration. DOA in my opinion despite the fact that it is 99% probable that it is the truth.