[XJarhead]

False. This one doesn't pass the smell test.

Think about it. Saddam has three nuclear missiles, and he buries them under six feet of concrete???? It'd be nice if this was true, but the sourcing and the siple unbelievability of the story means its bogus.

If it turns out to be true, $1000 to FR from me. But unfortunately, my money is safe.

[ravingnutter]

Think about it. Saddam has three nuclear missiles, and he buries them under six feet of concrete????It'd be nice if this was true, but the sourcing and the siple unbelievability of the story means its bogus.

We thought this was unbelievable too...

MiG Jet Fighter Found Buried in Iraq

Things that make you go hmmmmmmm.....

[Tallguy]

Think about it. Saddam has three nuclear missiles, and he buries them under six feet of concrete???? It'd be nice if this was true, but the sourcing and the siple unbelievability of the story means its bogus.

2 other possibilities present themselves:

1. These ARE nuke warheads, but they lack a vital component like a trigger. Remember that Saddam had some intelligence agents nailed in a sting operation while attempting to buy such triggers back in the early 90's. -- or --

2. These are "dirty bombs" designed not for nuclear detonation, but to spread radioactive material over a wide area. Nasty, but militarily ineffective in defense of Iraq (our troops were protected & moving way too fast).

But this is all just speculation, and I am content to await confirmation of the basic facts of this story. Let's see if anybody else picks up this report.

[Sender]

It doesn't say the missles were buried under six feet of concrete, it says the missiles were in a trench that was shielded by six meters of concrete. In other words, a secret room or tunnel deep underground where no radiation would leak to the surface.

I too am cautious about believing this story until we have more info...but a tunnel deep underground is exactly where we always thought valuable WMD would be stored.

[JOAT]

buries them under six feet of concrete

"They pointed out that the missiles were actually discovered in the trenches lying under six meters of concrete"

(6 METERS of concrete is around 18 feet)