Ex-CENTCOM No. 2: Intel Showed Iraq Smuggled Out WMDs

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[jbwbubba]

Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004 4:03 p.m. EDT Ex-CENTCOM No. 2: Intel Showed Iraq Smuggled Out WMDs

Lt. Gen. Michael DeLong, who until last September was the number two in command of the Iraq war under Gen. Tommy Franks, revealed Sunday that U.S. military intelligence had determined that weapons of mass destruction were being smuggled out of the country as the U.S. prepared to invade.

"I do know for a fact that some of those weapons went into Syria, Lebanon and Iran," Gen. DeLong told WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg, while discussing his new book, "Inside CENTCOM: The Unvarnished Truth About the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq."

"Two days before the war, on March 17 [2003], we saw through multiple intelligence channels - both human intelligence and technical intelligence - large caravans of people and things, including some of the top 55 [most wanted] Iraqis going to Syria," Gen. DeLong explained. "We also know that before then, they buried some of the weapons of mass destruction," he added. "There are also some in Lebanon and probably a small amount in Iran."

The WMD smuggling operation didn't require large vehicles, the ex-general explained.

"In order to transport their biological weapons, they could take their entire experimental weapons system in one or two suitcases - pretty easy to hide," he told

[FairOpinion]

"In order to transport their biological weapons, they could take their entire experimental weapons system in one or two suitcases - pretty easy to hide," he told.

Exactly. The liberals like to talk about stockpiles, implying, that unless we find tens of tons of WMD, smaller amounts just don't count. In fact, a few ounces of anthrax or smallpox in a vial, that fits into anyone's pocket could kill thousands or even tens of thousands.

[VOA]

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[Reagan Man]

Lt. Gen. Michael DeLong ... revealed Sunday that U.S. military intelligence had determined that weapons of mass destruction were being smuggled out of the country as the U.S. prepared to invade.

It's time to release all the facts pertaining to Saddam's WMD! It will drive Kerry and the librats mad. LOL

[doug from upland]

Will they allow the general on the Hannity show?

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

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[Ptarmigan]

That's what I suspected all along.

[tomnbeverly]

Let Kerry call the Military leaders liars... We need some FOX special reports on WMD's .... I am sick and tired of the liberals calling the President a liar and defending it with the no WMD's rhetoric. There were WMD's... Military Generals are telling us they existed what say you Senator Kerry?

[txradioguy]

Wonder how long before the naysayers here and other places try to poo poo this story as "no credible proof"?

[grey_whiskers]

It's time to release all the facts pertaining to Saddam's WMD! It will drive Kerry and the librats mad. LOL

You mean...like...Saddaam should sign his SF-180?
That'd box in Kerry from BOTH sides!

[A.A. Cunningham]

Ret Lt. Gen. M DeLong, rebuffs Sen. Kerry on Steve Malzburg, resoources were not diverted.

United States Marine Corps (Ret.) Lieutenant General Michael P. DeLong Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command
At the time of his retirement, Lieutenant General Michael P. DeLong served as Deputy Commander, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Lieutenant General DeLong is a Naval Academy graduate and holds a master's degree in industrial management from Central Michigan University. Lieutenant General DeLong's operational assignments include tours with Helicopter Medium Marine (HMM) Squadron 262, Quang Tri, Republic of Vietnam; Standardization Instructor, Helicopter Training Squadron 18, Naval Aviation Training Command; Maintenance Officer, Helicopter Marine Light (HML) Squadron 367, where he participated in Operations EAGLE PULL and FREQUENT WIND (evacuation of Vietnam); Operations Officer, Helicopter Heavy Marine (HMH); Commander, HML 367, Detachment C; Executive Officer and Special Projects Officer, Marine Air Base Squadron 24; Plans and Operations Officer, Marine Air Group 36; Executive/Commanding officer, Marine Air Group 30; Executive Officer, MAG-26; Commanding Officer, HMM 266; Executive Officer and Commanding Officer, Marine Aviation Weapons/Tactics Squadron 1, where he participated in Operations DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM; Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, where he served as the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) for Operation RESTORE HOPE in Somalia; Deputy Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, CA; Deputy Commander and Acting Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic, Norfolk, VA and his previous duty as Commander, 3rd Marine Air Wing, MCAS Miramar, CA. His principal staff assignments include Officer-in-Charge, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific Command Center; Intelligence Requirements Officer, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific; Aide de Camp to the Deputy Commander, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific; Arms Control/Strategic Weapons Action Officer in the Strategic Requirements Branch of the Plans Division, Headquarters Marine Corps; and the Director for Joint Training (J-7) and Director of Joint Training Analyses and Simulation Center, U.S. Atlantic Command. Lieutenant General DeLong's professional education includes the Basic School, Naval Flight School, Amphibious Warfare School, Defense Intelligence School, Armed Forces Staff College, Army War College and a Defense Department fellowship at the Brookings Institute. Lieutenant General DeLong also holds an Honorary Doctor of Strategic Intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College. Lieutenant General DeLong's personal decorations include: the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, two awards of the Legion of Merit, two awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross, two awards of the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with Flight Strike Numerals 69, Navy Achievement Medal and the Combat Action Ribbon. General DeLong has logged more than 5,600 flight hours in all models of aircraft and more than 800 combat hours. (Updated 14 May 2004, HQMC)

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[NewJerseyJoe]

> Centcom #2 says WMD smuggled out of Iraq

That's impossible. I refuse to believe it. I *know* it's impossible, because Admitted War Criminal John Kerry, The Swimmer Ted Kennedy, Jacques ChIraq and other prominent people told us repeatedly that there were no WMD.....

</sarcasm off>

[Presto]

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[Ditter]

Yep, WMD's buried or shipped out or both. What about the traces of chemicals found in the Euphrates river at the beginning of the war?

Its easier for them to scream "BUSH LIED"

[Admin Moderator]

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[ErnBatavia]

My question would run along the lines of not Hannity (preaching to the choir), but ABCBSNBC/CNNMSNBC.

[Fast1]

Ouch I can hear the Rats squealing in pain now the Marxist greatest enemy is truth.

[Terpfen]

Heck, it wasn't just traces--we found barrels filled with chemicals. The leftiest went, "Those are old!" As if WMDs somehow spoil with age, like milk.

[rwfromkansas]

Interesting, but they would have trumpeted this by now if this was true.

[eyespysomething]

And Algore, don't forget Algore!!!