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Tapes reveal WMD plans by Saddam (Rowan Scarborough)
The Washington Times ^
| 3-13-06
| Rowan Scarborough
Posted on 03/12/2006 10:29:27 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: MizSterious
I understand why the media and his political enemies want to ignore anything that supports the War. What I can understand is why the White House ignores it, and refuses to talk about evidence of WMD etc.
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posted on
03/13/2006 2:02:35 PM PST
by
nickcarraway
(I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
To: driftless
Many apolitical Americans are firmly convinced that "Bush lied" because Big Media told them so. They then distrust all Republicans and warm to liberal pols.
Good points. But I think everyone has already decided this one for themselves, for or against Bush, for or against war in Iraq. And Bush isn't running again.
It's just a political zero either way. People have moved on to other issues, I think.
To: George W. Bush; Peach
"We're way past the point where the pretext for war is especially meaningful."Pretext? You sound more like Howard Dean than George W. Bush (the screen name you chose). You want to know why this story is relevant? Headlines like "Poll: Bush approval rating hits new low" and others just like it.
The media and the left have successfully (but wrongly) characterized the President as a liar. Don't you think it's time we set things straight? Yes, this is the last term possible for this President, but we'd like another Republican in 2008, and we also have a pack of senators and representatives to elect this year. We MUST counteract the "liar" label!
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posted on
03/13/2006 3:19:30 PM PST
by
MizSterious
(Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
To: GianniV
If only we could get the 52% of us that voted for George Bush and Our Country to boycott Hollywood's movies! that might wakeup Looney Clooney.
To: MizSterious; All
These are the people who say it's entirely likely the WMD were moved to Syria:
Last month Moshe Yaalon, who was Israel's top general at the time, said Iraq transported WMD to Syria six weeks before Operation Iraqi Freedom began.
Last March, John A. Shaw, a former U.S. deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security, said Russian Spetsnaz units moved WMD to Syria and Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.
"While in Iraq I received information from several sources naming the exact Russian units, what they took and where they took both WMD materials and conventional explosives," Mr. Shaw told NewsMax reporter Charles Smith.
Retired Marine Lt. Gen. Michael DeLong was deputy commander of Central Command during Operation Iraqi Freedom. In September 2004, he told WABC radio that "I do know for a fact that some of those weapons went into Syria, Lebanon and Iran."
In January 2004, David Kay, the first head of the Iraq Survey Group which conducted the search for Saddam's WMD, told a British newspaper there was evidence unspecified materials had been moved to Syria from Iraq shortly before the war.
"We know from some of the interrogations of former Iraqi officials that a lot of material went to Syria before the war, including some components of Saddam's WMD program," Mr. Kay told the Sunday Telegraph.
Also that month, Nizar Nayuf, a Syrian journalist who defected to an undisclosed European country, told a Dutch newspaper he knew of three sites where Iraq's WMD was being kept. They were the town of al Baida near the city of Hama in northern Syria; the Syrian air force base near the village of Tal Snan, and the city of Sjinsar on the border with Lebanon.
In an addendum to his final report last April, Charles Duelfer, who succeeded David Kay as head of the Iraq Survey Group, said he couldn't rule out a transfer of WMD from Iraq to Syria.
"There was evidence of a discussion of possible WMD collaboration initiated by a Syrian security officer, and ISG received information about movement of material out of Iraq, including the possibility that WMD was involved. In the judgment of the working group, these reports were sufficiently credible to merit further investigation," Mr. Duelfer said.
In a briefing for reporters in October 2003, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper Jr., who was head of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency when the Iraq war began, said satellite imagery showed a heavy flow of traffic from Iraq into Syria just before the American invasion.
"I think the people below Saddam Hussein and his sons' level saw what was coming and decided the best thing to do was to destroy and disperse," Lt. Gen. Clapper said.
You haven't heard much about these reports, because they contradict the meme that Saddam either had no WMD, or destroyed it well before the Iraq war began.
The captured files of the Iraqi intelligence service, still mostly untranslated, could shed light on what did happen to Saddam's WMD.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06036/649858.stm
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posted on
03/13/2006 4:28:20 PM PST
by
Peach
To: Kaslin
And remember how Saddam moved his 747's to his arch enemy Iran during the Gulf War?
86
posted on
03/13/2006 5:13:03 PM PST
by
Ooh-Ah
To: Jeff Chandler
Not to mention the sluts on internet forums.Why are you picking on me? :-)
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posted on
03/13/2006 6:07:08 PM PST
by
Herford Turley
(Conservatism will save America)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The Times is a collection of liars. Now they'll try to re-write the events of the war as they see fit.
To: American_Centurion; An.American.Expatriate; ASA.Ranger; ASA Vet; Atigun; bannedfromdu; Beckwith; ...
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posted on
03/13/2006 10:21:48 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Visit Free Republic to enjoy shameless Schadenfreude as the lies of liberals are exposed!)
To: American_Centurion; An.American.Expatriate; ASA.Ranger; ASA Vet; Atigun; bannedfromdu; Beckwith; ...
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posted on
03/13/2006 10:21:55 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
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To: MizSterious
Thanks for the ping.
This goes back to the question that I have been asking for about two years.
How did the MSM and the DNC know that there were no WMDs left in Iraq, before the first phase of the war was over?
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posted on
03/13/2006 10:23:47 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
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To: Grampa Dave
How did the MSM and the DNC know that there were no WMDs left in Iraq, before the first phase of the war was over?
CNN had a scandalous relationship with Hussein. CNN could remain in Iraq as long as they submitted to censure and produced only favorable news of the regime.
A lot of the footage of Blix' inspection crews parked outside of suspected depots for hours awaiting entrance were filmed by CNN.
Blix gave new meaning to Swedish meatball.
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posted on
03/13/2006 11:33:51 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(Order of Battle: Sink or capture as Prize, MS Media)
To: Quilla
To be honest, for anyone to suggest that a picture like that proves anything about WMD is just nuts. It does prove perhaps that there are buildings and trucks in Iraq.
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posted on
03/14/2006 12:00:13 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
(The definition of a 'Targeted Tax Cut' is ........................ you ain't gettin' it .)
To: BIGLOOK
"How did the MSM and the DNC know that there were no WMDs left in Iraq, before the first phase of the war was over?"
They didn't! Even Joe Wilson was against the war on the basis that he feared Saddam would use Chemical weapons on our troops. The guy is married to a pillow talking CIA WMD Analyst for crying out loud. The "issue" just fell into their laps. Combine it with the inept Whitehouse PR machine and you have the perfect storm.
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posted on
03/14/2006 3:39:20 AM PST
by
Wristpin
("The Yankees announce plan to buy every player in Baseball....")
To: Names Ash Housewares
Right you are!! But that "large serving of crow" will actually turn out to be enough to make the left wing moonbats choke to death. Good riddance!!
This is ONLY the tip of the iceberg. I'm not sure if this is a Rovian plot, but, it is being orchestrated beautifully, and the timing is perfection. I would NOT be surprised at all, if this is the Republican's "October Surprise" for the mid term elections!!
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posted on
03/14/2006 3:51:09 PM PST
by
Pragmatic Warrior
(Grow your own dope. Plant a liberal!!)
To: Buffettfan
Amen and Hallelujah to your post.
You speaketh the truth!! :-)
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posted on
03/14/2006 3:57:01 PM PST
by
Pragmatic Warrior
(Grow your own dope. Plant a liberal!!)
To: True Republican Patriot
That is already happening. Ticket sales to movies are at their lowest level in a decade. I haven't paid to see the trash that Hollyweird puts out in such a long time, I find it hard to remember the last movie I saw in a movie theater. I think it was "The Sound of Music".......... :-)
I simply REFUSE to give them my money!!
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posted on
03/14/2006 4:02:27 PM PST
by
Pragmatic Warrior
(Grow your own dope. Plant a liberal!!)
To: nickcarraway
The White House hasn't mentioned it. At least, not yet.
2 points.
#1. It looks better if it doesn't come from The White House.
#2 In politics, the timing is everything. If anyone thinks that WMD's being VERIFIED in Iraq isn't an important bombshell, they are simply delusional. Just imagine the reaction from people who have been hoodwinked by the liberal MSM, FINALLY realizing that the President was right all along.
And, all this just in time for the midterm elections. Absolutely delicious, isn't it??
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posted on
03/14/2006 4:14:15 PM PST
by
Pragmatic Warrior
(Grow your own dope. Plant a liberal!!)
To: smoothsailing
But it is not clear whether Baghdad did what the documents indicate, said the U.S. official, who asked not to be named. I don't know their name, but I'm pretty sure I could tell you who they voted for in 1992,1996,2000, and 2004.
To: George W. Bush
Not true!! Not even close!!
If WMD's are found, or proof that they existed, you have taken away the lefties most compelling argument against us invading Iraq. Do you REALLY think they will still be going around shouting "Bush lied. Soldiers died"?? I doubt it.
Granted, we have moved down the road a bit during the last 3 years, and other matters, including Iran, are surfacing. But, prove the existence of WMD's, and you have just dealt the left wing moonbats and democRATS a severe blow, just in time for the midterm elections.
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posted on
03/14/2006 4:23:38 PM PST
by
Pragmatic Warrior
(Grow your own dope. Plant a liberal!!)
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