Probability = 1, i.e.: a Certainty.
And a poor liar, as well.
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.
Exactly. Blix is demonstrably incompetant.
Blix 'Probably A Clown'
Husbands... 'stray'
Wives.. 'stray'
Cats & dogs... 'stray'
155mm Artillary Shells filled with SARIN don't 'stray'!
(frickin moron)
1; There's IS NO respect
It would difficult to rationalize that a shell just happened to be laying around and the terrorists who just happened to be putting an IED together just happened to reach out and pick the stray shell that just happened to have nearly a gallon of sarin chemical agents in it.
Hans, how many lethal doses are in that gallon, if they just happened to have been dispersed correctly? Some say as many a 2 million per liter.
Not necessary, Blix = idiot.
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.
"That's all the 'empty' warheads Saddam could spare at the time to show us, in order for us to complete our so-called search for WMD's
All the LOADED warheads were removed from the areas we came to search prior to our arrival, per arrangements with Mr. Saddam. He paid me a pretty good fee to make sure his staff had the inside line on our travel intinerary." (/satire)
He should be absolutely embarrassed and humiliated, but instead he behaves shamelessly. It's like he's been taking lessons from Bill Clinton.
"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."
So we discover a shell with nerve agent in it ... and that discovery is not proof of its own existence? Hmm ... We could possibly have a new theory in modern science.
Modern science usually invents theories that predict you wont find any evidence for the theory ... now Hans Blix is inventing a theory that predicts the weapons you find are not evidence for their existence.
Houston ..... we have a problem ...
Gee Hans, I hope you mind if a stray foot, finds its way up your *ss.
Probability = 1, i.e.: a Certainty.
And a poor liar, as well.
Where's the "Where's the milk?" cartoon, the one with Blix standing, holding the refrigerator door open, the refrigerator full of cartons of milk, and Blix calling out over his shoulder, "Honey, where's the milk?"
It's a great cartoon. It needs to be in this thread.
He has lost anything he ever had.
Put them back there between the 1940 Mercedes chasis and the old refrigerators.
So I guess that if / when anyone is killed by one of these "strays", we should just say they were "put to sleep"?
Gotta wonder how many have strayed out of Iraq and in through our porous borders.
Didn't the US also say they found some mustard gas? Mustard gas is definitely a WMD, albeit not as dangerous as Sarin. According to FOX News, Saddam had failed to account for 80 tons of mustard gas.
I heard that Blix had a viable brain cell, but I think it was just a stray.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.