Posted on 05/20/2004 11:28:47 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Over the last few months, the U.S. intelligence community has received new evidence a sizable amount of Iraqi WMD systems, components and platforms were transferred to Syria in the weeks leading up to the U.S.-led war in Iraq, reports Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence news service.
But chances are the Bush administration won't be releasing this information for a while.
The convoys were spotted by U.S. satellites in early 2003, but the contents of the WMD convoys from Iraq to Syria were not confirmed.
Confirmation later came from Iraqi scientists and technicians questioned by a U.S. team that was searching for Saddam's conventional weapons. But all they knew was the convoys were heading west to Syria.
But over the last few months, U.S. intelligence managed to track the Iraqi WMD convoy to Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.
Through the use of satellites, electronic monitoring and human intelligence, the intelligence community has determined that much, if not all, of Iraq's biological and chemical weapons assets are being protected by Syria, with Iranian help, in the Bekaa Valley.
The Syrians received word from Saddam Hussein in late 2002 that the Iraqi WMD would be arriving and Syrian army engineering units began digging huge trenches in the Bekaa Valley.
Saddam paid more than $30 million in cash for Syria to build the pits, acquire the Iraqi WMD and conceal them.
At first, U.S. intelligence thought Iraqi WMD was stored in northern Syria. But in February 2003 a Syrian defector told U.S. intelligence the WMD was buried in or around three Syrian Air Force installations.
But intelligence sources said the Syrians kept dual-use nuclear components for themselves while transferring the more incriminating material to Lebanon.
I look at the source and am cautious...I firmly believe something was trucked to Syria and would be most interested in what....
When Bush was threatening war if Iraq didn't fess up on the WMD and the UN inspectors were allowed back in just prior to the war, Israeli intelligence said 'you won't find them there because they've already been shipped to Syria as they were ready for you'. And Israeli intel is VERY GOOD-having discovered Iraq's nuclear reactor back in the eighties, pinpointing the different terrorist leaders with strikes to kill them, they are very good with their intel. It is obvious something happened to them and Syria has always been my belief. I hope Bush drops some bombs down on that Valley where they are. MOAB that place.
"We are in for an interesting four years."
Syria - and its colony Lebanon - and Iran will be targets in the second term of President Bush. When he retires in 2009, he will have exported freedom to Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Maybe Lybia will become a free country in the future, too.
Trust. We agree quite a bit. I remember Truman, but had no opinion of him. Trusted Eisenhower; wasn't sure about Kennedy; grew to distrust Johnson; thought Nixon was mentally ill; Ford was so-so; thought Carter the most naive President in my lifetime; grew to trust Reagan; respected HW, especially actions in Panama, Gulf War, thought his breaking his word about taxes was to get Gulf War vote passed in Congress, which it barely did (i.e. thought HW sacrificed his word for a greater American good), came to believe Clinton was a sociopath; grew to trust George W after much study of the man during 1999 and 2000.
Do you really believe that? I think that train was "blowed up" by the good guys. That hole in the ground was awfully big......I think we hit N Korea just to show them we could. Bit by bit, we are starting to hear more about WMDs. Even Kerry acknowledged on Chirs Matthews show that they might yet be found.
I had not thought about it being the good guys. That's too sweet.
I see voters as children, running behind the Pied Piper, jockying for a piece of candy to be thrown to them. It's like you all think, "Sure, he's going to drown us, but I got a pice of candy at least".
If Bush gets the FTAA passed, we are done, not immediately, but incrimentally, if he gets the FTAA passed, the only road to freedom and the Constitution again, is all out war, for our children, grand children, or great grand children who will eventually be forced to fight in a very out numbered manner. I'll not have it, I'll not contribute to it, I'll not vote for the snake that promotes it.
Be well....You'll do better with Kerry , you can hug your principles while we all suffer.
You won't suffer under the FTAA? Come on, get real.
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