Revealed: the Iraqi colonel who told MI6 that Saddam could launch WMD within 45 minutes

Telegraph ^ | 12/6/03 | Con Coughlin

[Mark Felton]

This has more info than previously posted article on same subject.

This is big news.

[sgtbono2002]

It would sure shut the Libs up if we could find a couple cases of these buried somewhere.

[fhayek]

What kind of WMD's could be launched by hand-held rocket-propelled grenades? Sounds like chemical weapons to me.

[Gothmog]

Thanks

[ex-Texan]

Bravo!

[Normal4me]

Is this guy in our custody? Seems like a valuable source.

[ChadGore]

This IS indeed big news !! Thanks for the post!

[EDINVA]

and what are the chances we will see these on the Front Page of the Gray Lady tomorrow ????

ZERO

[bray]

I am sure Steponallofus will be reporting on this tomorrow, unless it's not in the DNC talking points??? This story makes sense.

Pray for W ant the Truth

[DrDeb]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm -- do you think the leftist media, e.g., the NYTimes, WashPost, CBSNBCABCMSNBCCNBCCNN, will bother to report this?!

[MinuteGal]

Shall we start a pool as to when the media will announce this news on the front pages?

I'll start....I'm picking NEVER.

Leni

[White Mountain]

Your #3: What kind of WMD's could be launched by hand-held rocket-propelled grenades? Sounds like chemical weapons to me.

Small, easy to conceal, lots of them still out there, and the bad guys know where they are.

[MindBender26]

"the secret weapon", were made in Iraq and designed to be launched by hand-held rocket-propelled grenades.

Probably Bio.

The amount of Chem you could put on the front of an RPG would not do much damage to NBC prepared troops, especially in vehicles designed to operate in that enviornment, such as tanks, etc.

Bio, on the other hand.... oh boy.

Suggest reading "The Cobra Event" by Richard Preston, who also wrote "Hot Zone." Cobra Event is not science fiction, it's "science fact."

Cobra Event was required reading in newsrooms all across country right after 9/11.

[Indie]

The only reason that these weapons were not used, said Col al-Dabbagh, was because the bulk of the Iraqi army did not want 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 Hussein and used these weapons there would have been terrible consequences." Col al-Dabbagh, who was recalled to Baghdad to work at Iraq's air defence headquarters during the war itself, believes that the WMD have been hidden at secret locations by the Fedayeen and are still in Iraq. "Only when Saddam is caught will people talk about these weapons," he said.

ABC,NBC,CBS....

Anybody?

[Tribune7]

ping

[Endeavor]

Could be chemical or biological.

[nicmarlo]

BTTT

[GreyFriar]

One problem with bio weapons, they take time to affect the person being infected with them. On the other hand, Sarin (nerve agent) would be a quick killer of unprotected troops.

[bellevuesbest]

Saw it covered on NBC nightly news.

[fhayek]

Assuming this story is true, I would bet on chemical weapons. Biological weapons, as I understand it, require extensive production facilities (to prevent killing all of your production workers, as well as the surrounding population). Such facilities (on the outskirts of Baghdad)would be kind of hard to hide.