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That is not the way I recall it. We gave him over a years warning. That gave him plenty of time to get rid of the WMD before we got there.

I'm drive-by Freeping today and don't have time to look through the old PreWarDoc threads, but if you find the stories from a couple of weeks ago about the Russians providing Saddam with info just before the invasion of Iraq, you'll see that the Russians and Saddam were under the impression that we wouldn't invade until we had a certain unit in place.

When we struck, that unit was not in place.

Sorry for the vague response, but I assure you that we hit well before Saddam thought we were going to.

I found these two articles and in my quick skimming through them I don't see any talk between the Russians and Saddam about the US not striking until the troops were in a certain place. Even if they thought that, they were still getting rid of all the WMD and the PALACE FINERY well in advance.

I know there is no mention in the documents that jveritas has translated either about the US troops not invading until they were in a certain position. The one document that jveritas translated in regards to the Russians had to do with them selling Mig 29 parts to Iraq.

BELOW FROM THE TWO ARTICLES.

"In December 2002, Russia’s Middle East envoy, Yevgeny Primakov (former Russian Intelligence Chief), flew to Baghdad under the front of making one last chance for peace with the dictator. As soon as his plane landed, it was allegedly loaded with “sensitive materials” and flown directly to Belarus. People speculate as to whether or not it was WMD, WMD equipment, documents, people, or things the Russians didn’t want the US to get their hands on, but in any event…the plane was loaded with things the US wanted. There is no doubt that the Russians did send GPS jammers to confuse American satellite-guided bombs, night vision goggles, special anti-tank missiles, and Russian advisors.

FROM HERE; In Search of Saddam Hussein’s WMD: The Russian Connection Part 2 of 5

Many of the Russian-made weapons procured through Syria's front companies-like SES International-had come from Belarus. After the fall of Saddam's regime, it was found that many of the senior leaders who had fled went to Syria and Belarus (sometimes in that order). If one asks, "What happened to all that WMD?" Then a finger can be pointed towards the former Soviet Republic at the very least for enabling the former leaders of Saddam's regime to escape and orchestrate an insurgency, clearly for removal of "sensitive items" from Saddam's regime, and very likely for accepting Saddam's WMD, WMD equipment, documents, and people.

FROM HERE: In Search of Saddam Hussein’s WMD: Russian Intelligence, Belarus & Highway 11 Part 3 of 5"