I'm not sure how one goes about obtaining actual proof of such flights. General Sada maintains that reconfigured civilian 747 + 727 aircraft were utilized, and flown into Syria under the guise of providing humanitarian aid to Syria after President Assad appealed for help in the aftermath of the Zeyzoun dam collapse.
And by the way, General Sada is not a member of the Baathist Party. As an Assyrian Christian, he declined to state that "Iraq is Arab and Islam is the soul of the country" - prerequisites for Party membership. Today he serves as senior advisor to the National Security Council of the new government, secretary of the Iraqi Institute for Peace, and chairman of the Assembly of Evangelical Presbyterian Churches in Iraq.
Firt, Dr. Kay's and Sada's stories don't match beyond their claim that WMD went to Syria. So you can't really use one story to back up another.
Second, should be easy enough to prove Kay's thesis since (I would assume) our satellite surveillance monitor the Iraqi Syrian borders for heavy truck traffic (and they would show up since Syria and Iraq have soft trade) during the sanction period in the run up to invasion. If we did not monitor the border then men in this administration need to be court-martialed and impeached for dereliction of duty. It is sad you guys think so little of the ability of our men in uniform and our leadership to think Saddam could pull a fast one on them.
karnage, So Saddam allowed a Christian to rise up to #2 in the Iraqi leadership - and he did not even require a Baathist loyalty oath? How is that possible? That he protected Christians and prevented religous persecution of them? Are you trying to tell us Saddam had some good qualities?
Iraq's Saddam era foreign minister Tariq Aziz is also a Christian and the Baathist party was founded by Syrian Arab Christians. I assume you knew that as well.