Posted on 10/18/2004 8:03:17 PM PDT by Byron Norris
Charles Duelfer told the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this month he could not rule out Saddam's transfer of Iraqi missiles and weapons of mass destruction to Syria.
Duelfer, an adviser to the CIA, said at the Oct. 6 hearing that a large amount of material had been transferred by Iraq to Syria before the March 2003 war. "A lot of materials left Iraq and went to Syria," Duelfer said. "There was certainly a lot of traffic across the border points. We've got a lot of data to support that, including people discussing it. But whether in fact in any of these trucks there was WMD-related materials, I cannot say."
The Iraq Survey Group, headed by Duelfer, said Russia, Syria, Jordan and other arms suppliers were paid from Iraqi oil revenues.
A CIA report, authored by the Iraq Survey Group, identified Russia and Syria atop a list of 12 arms suppliers to Iraq until the U.S.-led war against Baghdad started in March 2003.
The report listed Russia and Syria above North Korea regarded as the leading missile proliferator to the Middle East as leading suppliers to Baghdad.
Jordan was the third largest supplier of weapons to Iraq.
After Jordan came Belarus, China, India, North Korea, South Korea, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Ukraine, France, Romania and Turkey. The report said these countries were involved in both "weapons of mass destruction and arms-related procurement." The report said Saddam diverted money from the UN oil-for-food program to pay for both conventional and nonconventional weapons and components.
The report said state-owned companies in Russia and Syria defied UN sanctions and supplied weapons and platforms to Baghdad. The report said Syria also served as the leading route for illegal arms supplies from Europe and other countries.
Several of Iraq's neighbors were said to have joined in the secret military effort to aid Baghdad. The report based on interviews with senior Iraqi officials and 40 million pages of documents and classified intelligence cited Jordan and Turkey as leading suppliers to the Saddam regime.
**Duelfer: 'A lot of material left Iraq and went to Syria'**
Hmmmmm Follow the trail.
Correct that is the obvious answer, but what happens next? I say we bring Syria to justice and hold them personally accountable, as Bush said he would do to any country after 9/11 when the WOT began, and what he just said today in the Garden State.
The link below takes you to a thread I posted this morning re a FoxNews special one hour program last night on this Oil for Food Scam.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1248691/posts
Oil-for-Food Scandal Key to CIA Report
Fox News ^ | 18 October 2004 | Fox News Staff
Posted on 10/18/2004 7:52:45 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
Oil-for-Food Scandal Key to CIA Report Monday
The U.N. Oil-for-Food program already the subject of federal, congressional and United Nations financial abuse probes took a fresh hit with an explosive new report that said Saddam Hussein was using the program to fund his ambitions.
The report looking into whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction found that Saddam was able to "subvert" the $60 billion U.N. program to generate an estimated $1.7 billion in revenue outside U.N. control from 1997-2003.
In light of the report, FOX News presents another hour-long special investigating the biggest financial scam in modern history. Learn more about the Duelfer report by reading it for yourself through the links in the actual link.
The roots of the Oil-for-Food scandal date back to 1991, when a U.N.-backed and U.S.-led coalition expelled Saddam from Kuwait following his hostile takeover of the neighboring country.
Although Saddam lost the war, he walked away with important victories he got to stay in power in Iraq and he ultimately got to pocket millions, if not billions, of dollars. Read more here.
Did Terrorists Benefit From Oil-for-Food? U.S. Treasury officials have already identified 11 front companies and nearly 200 Iraqi-controlled firms that they suspect were part of Saddam's secret and illegal network. They say that's only the tip of the iceberg. Read more here. Iraqi People Suffered Under Oil-for-Food In the Saddam era, Baghdad's Al Rashid Hotel was the main stop on the Oil-for-Food tour. Regime-friendly types would stay there when visiting Baghdad. They'd stop and say hello to Saddam or a crony, snag a voucher good for a load of Iraqi crude and, conveniently enough, there were oil traders in the lobby of that hotel who could turn those vouchers into cash.
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Art has a huge audience, and while he has expressed skepticism about the Iraq War he is open-minded and can be swayed by the facts. If he were to come out in favor of President Bush it might make others reconsider their position on the coming election. Yes, we are the new media, but there are huge segments of the population who don't have a clue about FR or Hannity or even Rush, (you've got to listen to him first before you can hear what he has to say), (obvious but also true for a lot of people). We have to be available as a resource, but we also have to seek out people and let them know we exist.
Agreed. 100 percent without a shadow of a doubt. I think we have to do all that we can as a community to reach out to our friends, family, and even that unknown stranger, or colleague at work. That's why I encourage people to go to their local Republican HQ and volunteer. I have done it, and so should other people.
I guess you're right on Art Bel. But, hey didn't Art retire or is he back? He he, shows you how out of touch I am with that crowd! But anyways, right they are a venue in which we should spread some "Compassionate Conservatism" too, if Hannity can't of course, "Hannitize" them! So dittos on that one.
> But, hey didn't Art retire or is he back?
Art does the show on weekends.
You bet a lot of material was moved out of Iraq...My God!!!...with the dog and pony show of "U.N. inpectors in and U.N. inspectors out" that went on for weeks...They had plenty of time to scatter stuff all over hell and gone!!!
Being thorough and honest about Hussein's wmds is one thing and open to legitimate criticism. But the anti-Iraq group would have us believe that Hussein was totally incapable of having or using them which is nothing short of incredible. The man's history points to his either giving them to terrorists or using them on his own people. Why the anti-war clique thinks that transporting his wmds across the border to Syria is not credible is astonishing in it's naivete.
Wow, this is overwhelming. I always figured that they had hid them and knew that it had to be in another country next to Iraq.
This does it! Today I'm voting early, for Bush. FOUR MORE YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the World Tribune is a joint venture of both Wash.Compost and the Slimes for world distribution. Interesting that it hasn't been reported this way for domestic consumption. Sounds like they don't want to give the President ANY credit or justification for the Iraq War, especially before the election. I expect this will be reported in the US sometime after Nov. 2nd.
You are so right. I makes me mad!
Bump!
The International Herald Tribune is owned by the NYTimes. From 1991 to 2003, it was owned jointly with the Washington Post. Timeline.
Yeah, my bad, I saw a post from the Intnl. Herald Tribune later in the morning and realized my mistake. Whatever, we'll prolly never read it in the Compost or Slimes. ;o)
That's one thing I do fault Bush for (don't worry, I early voted for him today). He needs to take the gloves off so the dummies of America (estimated at about 50% right now), can get it also. This whole facade about going to war to "free the Iraqi people" is bogus, IMO. The only reason to send Americans to war is to protect America. Freeing the Iraqi people is just a side benefit. W needs to tell it like it is, up to and including the evidence of Iraq's involvement in the Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Bldg. bombing.
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