Posted on 05/18/2004 1:44:49 PM PDT by ambrose
9:47am (UK)
Sarin Shell 'Probably A Stray' - Blix
Former chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix said today that a shell containing sarin nerve gas used in an attack in Iraq was probably a stray weapon that could have been dated from the first Gulf War.
Blix said the discovery of the nerve agent was not a sign that Saddam Hussein's regime possessed weapons of mass destruction before the war last year.
The US-led coalition used that claim to justify the invasion even though UN inspectors failed to make any significant finds before the war.
The former Swedish foreign minister said the 155-mm shell used to attack a US military convoy yesterday could have been part of a group of old, unused shells that were simply debris leftover from the war in 1991, adding the weapon could have been scavenged from a dump.
"It doesn't sound absurd at all. There can be debris from the past and that's a very different thing from having stockpiles and supplies," he said in Stockholm. "Whether this may indicate something more ... I think we need to know more about it."
Blix said the weapon could have been scavenged from a dump that could have been dated from the first Gulf War.
Saddam's regime was told to destroy any weapons of mass destruction under UN resolutions passed after the 1991 war. Blix reiterated that his inspectors found no such weapons in the run-up to the invasion.
"We found a dozen warheads that were intended for chemical weapons and they were empty," he said.
His inspectors also found four other shells that were designed to carry chemical weapons, including the sarin used in the attack, but they, too, wear empty.
US Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt said in Baghdad that two soldiers were treated for "minor exposure" to sarin, but no serious injuries were reported. He said he believed that insurgents who planted the explosive did not know it contained the nerve agent.
I thought Blix previously told us that it was impossible that any nerve gas would be left over from before the 1991 Gulf War because it would have degraded. He did not lie to us, did he?
In case you can't remember, Blixie, you never even realized that Saddam had such a weapons system, and therefore weren't even looking for it. So just how many other weapons are out there that you overlooked?
Oh, and it must be a bitch having to live on just your pension instead of having those supplemental Oil For Food bribes...
Debris from the past? - a stray shell? I don't think so, considering that the shell contained a technology that Saddam was thought not to have had.
Hans once again proves that ignorance is Blix.
Whenever a story that contains the word "Blix" in it is posted, please title it at the end with "Idiot alert" instead of Barf alert.
Blix couldn't find his pie-hole with both hands.
Of course Hans. Afterall, you assured us that Saddam had not nuclear program. Of course Hans, you have no stake in weapons not being found. Yes Hans, you sure are a reliable source.
Apparently, if it dates from the first Gulf War, then it doesn't count.
Some people will say anything instead of just admitting they were wrong.
Blix is a friggin genius. The next time the cops pull me over with a pound of pot in my glove compartment, I'll just say it is probably a stay....
Blix...."just a blast from the past".
Methinks Hans doth protest too much.
Well then, if it's a "stray", that's ok. Under the strict terms of Resolution 1441, Saddam was allowed to have all the undeclared "strays" he wanted to! They just couldn't be gathered together in one room (because then it would become a "stockpile", which is dangerous, but everyone knows "strays" are harmless! They're even cute... cute little strays... makes me think of puppies)
/sarcasm
I suppose if the U.S. were to use 10 centiliters of tear gas to disperse those chumps in Faluja, Blix would be calling for a War Crime Tribunal. Why don't we send some "stray" sarin Blix' way and see how sanguine he is about it?
Shut Up Hans. Go spend your blood money.
And I ask (just as Dorothy did), "what would you do if you had a brain" Blix?
You suppose that Blix thinks that the sarin shell wandered in from Syria or Iran?
Or pour piss out of boot with instructions written on the heel.
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