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Excellent points. I wonder why the administration never talk these in detail to the public and expose those who say there were never any WMD in Iraq.

Thanks Anita.
I think this(no wmd's) is all just getting started and Sada's book will go along way to prove what we all surmised for years. One of the interesting side lights is that few if any msm's have done anything on it yet to my knowledge. The wmd story of Sada remains a new media story. And we are doing it well.

I would suspect without concrete proof they dare not after the CIA photos and the statements by Powell pre Iraq war etc.

They cannot afford either at home or internationally to be torn to pieces again on this issue. Best to keep quiet and if subsequently enough evidence surfaces they will be vindicated whether in their lifetime is another thing. I however feel that this is again another point that annoys many about GWB I believe he does not really care that much about his legacy just as long as he has done the right thing according to his ethics and morals.

"I wonder why the administration never talk these in detail to the public and expose those who say there were never any WMD in Iraq."

Maybe a stretch, but I'm wondering if the Pres isn't doing another rope-a-dope w the Dim. Let them keep saying the Pres lied, no WMD, and, then maybe pull an Oct surprise.

If this news source can be trusted, apparently, Syria is 'negotiating' w the Admin over the killing of Hari in Lebannon. So far, IMHO, there's not that much in it for us - Assad just trying to save his neck and stay in power. If they throw in the WMD, we may have a good deal (for us).

Syrian official: Assad, Bush deal in works
Ynet ^ | January 29, 2006 | Ali Waked

Posted on 01/28/2006 7:43:00 PM PST by jmc1969

Senior source in Damascus tells Ynet Syrian leader Assad interested in deal that would allow him to stay in power; the price: Incriminating senior officials behind Hariri killing, cutting aid to anti-U.S. fighters in Iraq. Assad still refusing to dismantle Hizbullah

Syria's Assad wants a deal: Syrian President Bashar Assad is engaged in advanced contacts with the U.S. and France in a bid to work out an agreement that will allow him to stay in power, a senior source in Damascus told Ynet.

According to the source, the contacts are being undertaken through Saudi intermediation and are meant to resolve the international crisis currently faced by the Syrian leadership.

The deal being worked out is reportedly based on the following understandings: Two senior Syria officials, General Rustom Ghazaleh and one of his assistants, Jameh Jameh, will be incriminated in connection with the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. Meanwhile, Assad himself and particularly his brother-in-law, Asef Shawkat, will be cleared of involvement in the killing.

Moreover, the Syrians are expected to end their support for anti-American elements operating in Iraq and pledge to tighten border controls and act to end arms transfers into Iraq.

The Syrians will also pledge to minimize their cooperation with Iran, which is funding and directing many of the groups fighting American troops. Notably, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Damascus a week ago.

The Iranian-Syrian connection is raising concern in the West, particularly in light of reports that the Iranian leader was accompanied in the visit by arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, one of the world's most wanted terror figures.

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