Posted on 02/05/2006 8:47:50 PM PST by SmithL
A former top Iraqi air force general said Saturday that Saddam Hussein smuggled biological and chemical weapons into Syria, using civilian airliners acting under cover of a humanitarian mission.
"About nuclear (weapons or material), I don't know," said Georges Sada, 65.
Sada's charges are contained in his book, "Saddam's Secrets," recently published by Integrity Media of Brentwood, Tenn. He has provided his information to members of Congress.
Today, Sada is heavily involved with World Compassion, a Christian humanitarian organization. He will speak at 6 p.m. today at New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Avenue Pike. The event is open to the public.
Sada said that, because he was not a Muslim or a member of Saddam's political party, Saddam may have trusted him more as an independent adviser.
He said his information about weapons of mass destruction is based on what he was told by two Iraqi civilian airline captains who piloted 56 flights in airliners converted into cargo planes. He said the men talked to him in mid-2004, after Saddam was captured.
Sada said the pilots told him the planes were always loaded at night, under secrecy and heavy guard. Among other things, the pilots saw yellow barrels with skull-and-cross-bone markings, Sada said.
He said the flights attracted little attention because they blended in with a number of flights bringing aid to flood victims following the break of a dam in Syria.
Does Sada have any documentation or direct evidence to support the story of the two pilots?
"No, I don't," he answered without hesitation. "I have got nothing except what they told me."
Sada said he fully believes the two men, not because he knows them personally, but because of the way their story connects with some other events of which he is aware. He will not disclose their names but said they are "available" to be interviewed by intelligence officials.
Why did the two pilots provide their information to Sada?
"I've never thought about that," Sada said. He said it was probably because they wanted the information known, "and they knew I had good connections with Americans."
Sada said no one has subsidized the writing or publication of his book.
"I just want people to know the truth," he said.
That's the main stream media you're thinking of! ;^)
And yes, I'm quite aware you haven't responded to a direct and simple question.
And does it really matter where they are, as long as they are safe from the 'wrong hands'?
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