Posted on 02/19/2006 10:26:52 PM PST by smoothsailing
New questions on Saddam, WMD
Published February 20, 2006
More information has surfaced in recent days about Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction programs, and the possible roles of Syria and Russia in spiriting WMD and massive arsenals of conventional munitions out of Iraq prior to the start of the war three years ago.
The new information includes audio recordings of 12 hours of conversations from the early 1990s through 2000 involving Saddam Hussein and his top aides, in which Saddam discusses how to conceal Iraqi weapons programs from U.N. inspectors and the possibility that the United States could be the target of terrorist attacks. The recordings were provided by Bill Tierney, an Arabic speaker, who worked during the mid-1990s for the United Nations Special Commission that was responsible for overseeing Iraq's disarmament.
One new piece of information revealed on the tapes, released Saturday by Mr. Tierney at the Intelligence Summit, a private conference held in Arlington, is that Saddam was actively working on a plan to enrich uranium using a technique known as plasma separation. This is particularly worrisome because of the date of the conversation: It took place in 2000, nearly five years after Iraq's nuclear programs were thought to have stopped.
Perhaps most disturbing of all, according to Mr. Tierney, was the fact that the Iraqi scientists briefing Saddam about the uranium enrichment plan in 2000 "were totally unknown" to U.N. weapons inspectors. The plasma program also appears to have escaped the attention of the Iraq Survey Group, which reported two years ago that it had ended back in the late 1980s.
Mr. Tierney points out that the 12 hours of information that he has translated thus far is just a small fraction of the hundreds of hours of tape recordings and....
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The Washington Times are conservative hacks. We all know there were NO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! Now stop posting this!
Sarcasm for your amusement.
:-)
The Democrats are deeply saddened that this has come to light.
No they aren't, they'll just ignore it. Their media lackys will try to ignore it, but self preservation will rear it's head when they finally realize that proof is bound to surface.
It hasn't come to light. Other than the Washington Times and ABC, no other media is talking about it.
BTTT
uh...not funny.
now run back to DU......
HA!!!! :)
When the mindset is "BUSH LIED" this is what happens. The Main Stream Media has managed to portray Saddam Hussein as some kind of victim of George W. Bush's thirst for war against Saddam. Despite the fact that Saddam Hussein was openly supporting suicide bombers by writing $25K checks to the families of suicide bombers. What more proof does these idiots in the MSM need to recognize that Saddam was a direct threat to peace, and must be removed from power because of his 17 violations of the cease fire treaty over a twelve year period, that he signed in 1991. IMHO that agreement was signed with the blood of those we lost in that Operation and their sacrifice must be honored by removing him from power and facing whatever justice the people of Iraq decide is proper
When the truth surfaces, it will level cities.
But the democrats will remain in power till then and that is what is really important to them.
This is only distracting from the REAL issues of the day - like global warming, Cheney shooting his hunting buddy and the Berlin Film Festival.
NO BLOOD FOR OIL!!!
The Washington Post has about 200K inside the beltway.
It's hard to imagine this story won't be the buzz there tomorrow.The WP can't ignore it much longer.
Bump.
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Unfortunately you are correct, it's all about power for them.
BTTT
Tierney was invited to re-appear on Hannity & Colmes tomorrow night (Monday) along with Vallely again. Last time Tierney was on, he slammed Colmes and really made him look even more foolish than he already does. It's worth tuning in if he does come on again.
Sheesh, havn't you heard? Cheney shot Silver, and the Lone Ranger is in mourning.Tonto is furious!
Check with Bender2, he'll tell you all about it. :)
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