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White House Says Iraq Weapons Search Over
AP ^ | January 12, 2005 | AP

Posted on 01/12/2005 10:14:48 AM PST by ejdrapes

White House Says Iraq Weapons Search Over

WASHINGTON - The search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has quietly concluded without any evidence of the banned weapons that President Bush cited as justification for going to war, the White House said Wednesday.

The Iraq Survey Group, made up of some 1,200 military and intelligence specialists and support staff, spent nearly two years searching military installations, factories and laboratories whose equipment and products might be converted quickly to making weapons.

White House press secretary Scott McClellan said there no longer is an active search for weapons. "There may be a couple, a few people, that are focused on that" but that it has largely concluded, he said.

"If they have any reports of (weapons of mass destruction) obviously they'll continue to follow up on those reports," McClellan said. "A lot of their mission is focused elsewhere now."

Chief U.S. weapons hunter Charles Duelfer is to deliver his final report on the search next month. "It's not going to fundamentally alter the findings of his earlier report," McClellan said, referring to preliminary findings from last September. Duelfer reported then that Saddam Hussein not only had no weapons of mass destruction and had not made any since 1991, but that he had no capability of making any either. Bush unapologetically defended his decision to invade Iraq.

Bush has appointed a panel to investigate why the intelligence about Iraq's weapons was wrong.


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KEYWORDS: duelferreport; iraq; wmd
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To: Shethink13

No interpretation needed - the Duelfer Report in summary is that since 1991 Saddam NO LONGER had WMDs BUT anticipated having them in the future.


81 posted on 01/13/2005 10:33:12 AM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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To: Dave Elias

I read your post and defined the differences of motivation in context of the discusson for you.
You seemed unable to draw complete conclusions and I tried to help you.

For further help, see actual definition of a homicide.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=homicide
1. The killing of one person by another.
2. A person who kills another person.


82 posted on 01/13/2005 4:01:14 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Destro

You are obsessed with what was left to be found after they had over a year to move them where ever the hell they wanted to.
Considering the previous stockpile the UN found, where did all of what they found go and what makes you think there wasn't more hidden or moved things?

You'd have to be illogical to believe that with him knowing there was a threat to investigate WMDs, that he would just leave all of them lying around when he had a year to hide them.
Your point of view on believing bad guys don't hide their weapons is ridiculous.


83 posted on 01/13/2005 4:10:34 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Destro

Their were in tact labs, chemicals everywhere that could be mixed to form WMD. Lots of dual use stuff was lying around Iraq.

And again, with a year to hide and wipe what he wanted clean for inspection, what did you expect to find?


84 posted on 01/13/2005 4:15:02 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Destro

Point by point, what did you think former inspector Kay lied about before Congress?

That is quite a list. Where did Kay lie and why would he lie about simple facts?


85 posted on 01/13/2005 4:19:33 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Destro

Still a repeated rumor. Where was that rumor documented? ANY credible source for that?


86 posted on 01/13/2005 4:21:27 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: 1LongTimeLurker
You left an important part out LTL.

When Ambassador April Glaspie arrived, Saddam asked her what was the United States policy or opinion concerning Kuwait.

She told him her country had no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts, "like your border disagreement with Kuwait", but the United States would never accept a settlement achieved by other than peaceful means.

That was all there was to the interview.

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:dieYs4KO5l4J:news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/letter_from_america/newsid_2062000/2062561.stm+Glaspie+%26+Saddam&hl=en

87 posted on 01/13/2005 4:33:48 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: epluribus_2

Given the evidence at the time, it was very clear that Saddam was a threat.

Bush would have been wrong to not act.

Saddam was making a mockery of the U.N. and it was clear that the U.N. were not going to do anything about it (11 years, 17 resolutions). Saddam was also supporting the families of terrorists who attacked Israel. And some in the U.N. were making money from the Oil for Food program, too.

We had just been hit by terrorists and the 911 attack was very small when compared to what it could have been and might yet be.

We can no longer wait until someone attacks us. The first attack might be the complete descruction of a city and millions of Americans dead. Yes, then the Dems will be happy that the war is justified. However, at the expense of millions of lives?

Of course, they would blame Bush for not acting sooner (just like they tried to do during the 911 investigations).


88 posted on 01/13/2005 4:37:26 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: dhs12345

He was also directing where UN inspectors may search. It was all rediculous.


89 posted on 01/13/2005 4:38:42 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: epluribus_2
Why won't anyone in the media state the obvious - Saddam picked a bad time to *** BLUFF *** the west.

Don't you remember when we were all making fun of Blix, you remember We called him Inspector Cleuseau? Remember we told Blix we (the US government) knew where the weapons were. And Blix said fine if you know, then tell me where to go so I can find them. Suddenly, we started doing a shuck and jive as to why we wouldn't and couldn't direct him to the known sites. IT was at that point I knew something was wrong with our stance on WMDS

90 posted on 01/13/2005 4:44:02 PM PST by joesbucks
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To: A CA Guy

So you see all this but Bush admin does not?


91 posted on 01/13/2005 6:58:09 PM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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To: A CA Guy

Yes but Homicide is not necessarily wrong or even a crime, nor does it adequately differentiate a bomb which you strap to yourself from any other kind of bomb.

So your discription therefore fails on both counts of either describing how it is delivered, or condemning it.

Even if you refine the 'Homicide' part to a more specific 'Murder Bomb', how does this define it as being different to say leaving an explosive under a car or in a garbage can.


92 posted on 01/13/2005 8:27:11 PM PST by Dave Elias
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To: Dave Elias

It is a simple marketing term using very American words directed at an American public to DIFFUSE the (socialist's, leftist's, democrat's, dictator's, main stream press's and kingdom's) attempt to have America lose this war.

There is a lot of fear by kingdoms, dictators and socialists that freedom will remove their current fashion of control over their people.
The last thing any of these cultures and places want is freedom for their people as we know it.


93 posted on 01/13/2005 10:24:59 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Destro

How does the UN provide assurity that a gazillion tons wasn'y moved and could be sitting in piles now in Syra, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan or at the DNC?

Why is most of what was found get washed under the rug by the term of "dual use"?

You have two 50 gallon drums of chemicals in proximity to each other. Mixed they are WMD, but separated in two drums sitting next to each other they are considered ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING for these investigations.

"DUAL USE"


94 posted on 01/13/2005 10:29:10 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: joesbucks

He did more than bluff, he had cards up his sleeves in the card game.

France was controlling the oil fields getting 75% of the profit in exchange for maintaining the fields and distribution when it was illegal to do so under sanctions.
Very mafia like, isn't it?
Russia and Germany were equally doing all this illegal back-door business ventures with Saddam that were illegal under sanctions.
All were making lots of money, so there was no way in hell France, Germany or Russia would sign onto Gulf War 2, despite Saddam for a year shooting at our planes and funding terrorism in Israel and elsewhere.

Nope, Saddam owned three votes in the UN.

With months to hold off inspectors or invasions, he had forever to move what he wanted to bad guys within Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Pakistan and of course France.


95 posted on 01/13/2005 10:34:58 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Destro

Oh, my the Duelfer report! Well, it just CAN'T be wrong. I stand corrected, silly me.


96 posted on 01/14/2005 7:14:57 AM PST by rightinthemiddle (Free Speech is a Right. Being Wrong is Just...Wrong.)
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To: rightinthemiddle

That means you have no trust in the Bush Admin now that appointed Duelfer and accepted his report?


97 posted on 01/14/2005 7:26:44 AM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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To: Destro

The Bush administration accepted the CIA intel as well. What that right?


98 posted on 01/14/2005 10:37:57 AM PST by rightinthemiddle (Free Speech is a Right. Being Wrong is Just...Wrong.)
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To: rightinthemiddle

There is no alternative - either you acceptthis report or you accept past news reports that have been proven false - incorrect. I know WMD became like a testament of faith - but this God is a false idol.


99 posted on 01/14/2005 11:19:44 AM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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To: Destro
No interpretation needed - the Duelfer Report in summary is that since 1991 Saddam NO LONGER had WMDs BUT anticipated having them in the future.

Nope. The report never said that. We're going in circles because that's my original argument with you. Of course you don't need an interpretation when you're perfectly happy accepting the interpretation of the AP.

I've cited specific language in the report itself, you've cited one or two lines and twisted the content to suit your agenda, whatever it is.

I now leave it to the other readers to decide who has the better argument. I'm tired of repeating myself.

100 posted on 01/16/2005 12:52:35 AM PST by Shethink13
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