Posted on 02/02/2006 2:28:31 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
Saddam's secrets
Rick Moran reviews all the previous information to the effect that Saddam transported his WMD’s to Syria before the war, information now confirmed by Iraqi General Sada, author, Saddam’s Secrets. He does a wonderful job of putting it all together. I’d add just one thing: the aborted post-invasion chemical attack on Jordan where that government said the chemicals for the attack had been transported to Jordan from Syria. Macsmind reminds us that Senator Rockefeller made his trip to Damascus just prior to the reported transshipment of WMDs, a trip in which he has admitted he warned Assad that the invasion of Iraq was certain. Clarice Feldman 1 26 06
UPDATE:
Doug Hanson writes:
In addition to the moving WMD to Syria theory, there are two things relating to this case that the left and the antique media continue to cover up or ignore.
First, the press has continually moved the goal posts on what constitutes a “stockpile” of weapons. As I pointed out in my piece from almost two years ago, the criteria for the press seems to be pallets of chemical projectiles standing ready in bunkers or near artillery positions. The media fails to explain the biological seed agents that were discovered by the ISG, and the huge amounts of CW precursors found in underground bunkers. Nor has the left provided the rationale for Saddam retaining and possibly seeking processed uranium in order to supposedly fuel destroyed reactors and enrichment labs.
Second, even if the US has not satisfied the media’s vision of stacks of chemical weapons, it’s all really beside the point. The key issue for the US and the UN has been one of accountabilty. Then-Secretary of State Colin Powell was very specific as far as CW was concerned. He noted in his address to the UN prior to OIF that over 500 nerve agent artillery rounds remained unaccounted for. In 2004, troopers from the 1st Cavalry Division encountered a binary Sarin nerve gqas artillery round rigged as an IED. Later, Coalition forces found over 50 such 155mm binary rounds.
Instead of repeating the mantra of “no WMD have been found,” the press should be concerned that only 10 percent of Saddam’s known chemical rounds have been recovered. The same is true for other types of WMD. It is a relatively easy exercise to go through UNSCOM documents and other intelligence estimates to do a pre-war and post-war comparison. If the press can examine in excruciating detail the voting patterns in the state of Florida in 2000, one would think they could analyze the “before and after” numbers concerning Saddam’s WMD.
But they won’t, so Americans have to rely on the new media to do their work for them.
"..First, the press has continually moved the goal posts on what constitutes a “stockpile” of weapons. As I pointed out in my piece from almost two years ago, the criteria for the press seems to be pallets of chemical projectiles standing ready in bunkers or near artillery positions..."
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Rockefeller again!
Jail him.
USA Today had a photo of vials of sarin found in Fallujah. Yet somehow even that MSM source has managed to rewrite history to say that no WMD were found.
EMPTA is one of the Binary components of VX Nerve Gas, the most deadly WMD Iraq was know to have. EMPTA was the reason Clinton ordered the cruise missle attack on a Sudanese pharmacutical plant. They couldn't blow that off without dicrediting Clinton's intentions as well.
General Sada said there were air sorties to Syria prior to the war containing chemicals. I wonder if EMPTA was part of that, though I imagine they did not have a label in plain language on the containers. They may have had toxic warnings on the containers, but I am sure they wanted to minimize the number of people who knew exactly what was in the cargo.
Serious question. This Sadam AF general says wmds were sent to Syria before the war. Why isn't this the biggest story of the year? Where is the press coverage? It's not just the msm - Fox doesn't mention it. Why doesn't the WH play this up?
Here's the problem I have with the story.
There is no shortage of people who will take advantage of events to make a buck. If reading the details in this book is the first time our military or intelligence agency heard of it, then it's probably fake. Selling snake oil to Americans is nothing new.
But, if the book states that he disclosed this information to US authorities a couple of years ago and he's just now publishing it, that would add some credibility.
Frankly, it would have lots more credibility if he had revealed this on television where he was an unpaid guest.
I can't answer for the WH of course, but two possible explanations might be plausible..1. They are keeping their cards close to their vest until getting within 60 days of the 2006 elections 2. They are playing the PC game also....
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A couple of possible reasons come to mind.
One, Syria can deny getting any WMD materials and short of invasion or the defection of a high level Syrian with proof, there is no way to decisively prove what the Syrians received.
Second, the next big thing is likely to be in Iran and the administration would not want to be embroiled in Syria while the Iran issue heats up.
"Jordanian sources said authorities suspected that four vehicles packed with explosives have entered the Hashemite kingdom from either Iraq or Syria."
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