Saddam general: WMDs in Syria

WDN ^ | February 15, 2006

[Steve_Seattle]

Somehow I think this guy has a bit more credibility than Sada, but it's still mostly hearsay. But the only hearsay that makes the evening news is anti-Bush hearsay, so we will not see this anywhere but here.

[lesser_satan]

[ladtx]

Don't be so touchy newby. There's plenty of dissenting and contrasting opinion around here. I'll tell you what newby, parroting the DU line is not considered dissenting opinion here.

[jpl]

The way that it works is that newcomers who come in with an attitude usually don't register too high on the credibility meter with most people here.

[Spunky]

I heard on the radio news this morning that ABC Nightly News and Nightline will be telling about the tapes recently found with Saddam Hussein talking about a big attack on the US and his WMD program. They say that the tapes were made about a decade ago. TUNE IN TONIGHT.

[shield]

bttt

[Spunky]

"I'm positive that this will be all over the news tonight."

See my posting at #28.

[jpl]

And another poseur troll bites the dust. Been nice talking to you, but don't come back.

[Kaslin]

Somehow I think this guy has a bit more credibility than Sada, but it's still mostly hearsay. But the only hearsay that makes the evening news is anti-Bush hearsay, so we will not see this anywhere but here.

Georges Sada has very much credibility. He was Saddam's trusted adviser and Saddam trusted him because he spoke the truth to him. He told him flat in the face when he disagreed with him

Neverthe less the more that come out with this the better for us

[Wiz]

ping

[Earthdweller]

"ABC Nightly News and Nightline will be telling about the tapes recently found with Saddam Hussein talking about a big attack on the US and his WMD program."

ReallY? No kidding? I will be shocked if you are not kidding.

[F16Fighter]

Since 2003, I find it hard to believe with ALL the raiding of Iraq's government offices, facilities, and computers, scientists, and defectors, we haven't been able to come up with SOLID documented evidence of WMDs.

They couldn't have covered their tracks THAT well, could they?

[jpl]

They couldn't have covered their tracks THAT well, could they?

Bear in mind that they had well in excess of a year, almost a year and a half actually.

Also, Stephen Hayes at the Weekly Standard wrote an article not that long ago in which he said that our government isn't even remotely close to having translated all of the audiotapes and written documentation that we recovered in Iraq. We've apparently only translated a small fraction of it, which is rather amazing, but we have a definite of shortage of people in America who have both the skill set and the desire to do this kind of work.

[Spunky]

"ReallY? No kidding? I will be shocked if you are not kidding."

If you haven't already run across this thread go here:Secret Saddam WMD Tapes Subject of ABC Nightline Special

[Earthdweller]

Yep I've been on it. Thanks for the heads up.

[Kaslin]

They couldn't have covered their tracks THAT well, could they?

It's obvious they did. However the only ones Saddam was able to fool was the anti war crowd and the left. I doubt he was able to fool anyone else. Certainly not me

[cwb]

"Bear in mind that they had well in excess of a year, almost a year and a half actually."

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And, it's even longer than that when you consider the previous inspections and scrutiny Saddam was under for more than a decade. As David Kay noted, while they may not have found "stockpiles" of WMDs, Saddam was embarking on a different strategy as it related to his weapons programs.

It was no longer prudent for Saddam to just keep large quanitities of the finished product for anyone discover. Instead of importing and stockpiling, Saddam began acquiring the raw materials and technology to produce the product, himself, whenever needed.

As Scott Ritter even noted in 1998 (during his sane days), Saddam was putting the pieces in place so that he could reconstitute his weapons program in a matter of months. After being bombed for years and suffering through inspections, it only makes sense that Saddam would forego the "stockpile" risk and engage in a process of raw development that could be deployed in short notice.

It should be noted that David Kay is also one of those who says that Saddam did move much of this material to Syria. During an interview while he was in the UK, he specifically mentions this from interviews he gather after the invasion. When you consider these sources and those from Israeli Intelligence, it's a good bet the WMDs are in Syria.

If I recall, there was even a story of WMDs discovered in Jordan, which were thought to come from Iraq via Syria since neither of those countries had the resources to produce those materials. I think it's only a matter of time before this charade is exposed.