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U.S. Web Archive Is Said to Reveal a Nuclear Guide (Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program)
NYT ^ | November 3, 2006 | William J. Broad

Posted on 11/02/2006 8:01:04 PM PST by RDTF

Last March, the federal government set up a Web site to make public a vast archive of Iraqi documents captured during the war. The Bush administration did so under pressure from Congressional Republicans who said they hoped to “leverage the Internet” to find new evidence of the prewar dangers posed by Saddam Hussein.

But in recent weeks, the site has posted some documents that weapons experts say are a danger themselves: detailed accounts of Iraq’s secret nuclear research before the 1991 Persian Gulf war. The documents, the experts say, constitute a basic guide to building an atom bomb.

Last night, the government shut down the Web site after The New York Times asked about complaints from weapons experts and arms-control officials. A spokesman for the director of national intelligence said access to the site had been suspended “pending a review to ensure its content is appropriate for public viewing.”

Officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency, fearing that the information could help states like Iran develop nuclear arms, had privately protested last week to the American ambassador to the agency, according to European diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the issue’s sensitivity. One diplomat said the agency’s technical experts “were shocked” at the public disclosures.

The documents, roughly a dozen in number, contain charts, diagrams, equations and lengthy narratives about bomb building that nuclear experts who have viewed them say go beyond what is available on the Internet and in other public forums. For instance, the papers give detailed information on how to build nuclear firing circuits and triggering explosives, as well as the radioactive cores of atom bombs.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2001; bushvindicated; bushwasright; iraq; iraqnukes; nuclearbomb; nukes; nyt; postwardocs; prewardocs; wmds
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1 posted on 11/02/2006 8:01:07 PM PST by RDTF
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To: RDTF

Why does the press hate our Country so much? Why?


2 posted on 11/02/2006 8:02:07 PM PST by Hildy
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To: RDTF
Thanks for confirming WMD, you dumb NYTimes bastards!
3 posted on 11/02/2006 8:02:39 PM PST by Pukin Dog (Being a Liberal is just a coping mechanism for low self esteem and/or bad parenting.)
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To: RDTF
Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

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Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.
4 posted on 11/02/2006 8:02:58 PM PST by Question Liberal Authority (Saddam Hussein Had A Nuclear Weapons Program)
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To: RDTF

Now that's the kind of spin that would make BJ Clinton proud!


5 posted on 11/02/2006 8:03:07 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy (It's a fight to the death with Democrats.)
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To: RDTF; Question Liberal Authority

Worst. October. Surprise. Ever.

Saddam had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam had a nuclear weapons program.

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Saddam had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam had a nuclear weapons program.

3 posted on 11/02/2006 10:57:06 PM EST by (Kerry's Joke Insulted The Wrong People In The Wrong War At the Wrong Time)
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6 posted on 11/02/2006 8:03:54 PM PST by digger48
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To: Hildy

Can't be, Saddam has no WMDs


7 posted on 11/02/2006 8:04:06 PM PST by Rodm (Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings)
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To: RDTF

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Thanks to the NYT for finally admitting that Iraq had a well-developed nuke program.


8 posted on 11/02/2006 8:04:17 PM PST by inkling
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To: Question Liberal Authority

Bears repeating, since the NYT and the MSM missed it:

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.

Saddam Hussein had a nuclear weapons program.


9 posted on 11/02/2006 8:04:36 PM PST by Wiseghy ("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
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To: RDTF

So Iraq was loaded with the sophisticated details of how to make a nuclear bomb, but this stuff in Sadaam Hussein's hands was not dangerous. Yet somehow this information is so dangerous that letting it see the light of day jeopardizes our security, because every bad nation EXCEPT Sadaam should not have it. Sadaam was a pussycat just keeping this stuff so other bad guys wouldn't see it. Absurd sarcasm off.


10 posted on 11/02/2006 8:04:40 PM PST by Williams
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To: Hildy

Communists.


11 posted on 11/02/2006 8:04:51 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy (It's a fight to the death with Democrats.)
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To: jveritas

ping


12 posted on 11/02/2006 8:05:05 PM PST by RDTF (Quote of the year: "Halp us Jon Carry - We R stuck hear n Irak.")
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To: Hoosier-Daddy
Already posted. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1731246/posts Blog reactions: and here.
13 posted on 11/02/2006 8:05:06 PM PST by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
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To: RDTF

The Slimes again. (YAWN)


14 posted on 11/02/2006 8:05:12 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (This just in! Islamofascists say they will not "change direction" after U.S. elections.)
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To: Question Liberal Authority

I like you post, so I put it here,

didn't mean to cut out your name.


15 posted on 11/02/2006 8:05:23 PM PST by digger48
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To: Jay777

same source how?


16 posted on 11/02/2006 8:05:40 PM PST by RDTF (Quote of the year: "Halp us Jon Carry - We R stuck hear n Irak.")
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To: RDTF
For instance, the papers give detailed information on how to build nuclear firing circuits and triggering explosives, as well as the radioactive cores of atom bombs.

yea right, and North Korea has the fuel and can't seem to make it work correctly anyhow... feed us some more BS will ya...

17 posted on 11/02/2006 8:05:55 PM PST by Echo Talon
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To: RDTF

Shocker: New York Times Confirms Iraqi Nuclear Weapons Program

http://tks.nationalreview.com/


18 posted on 11/02/2006 8:06:08 PM PST by Mo1 (Senator Kerry's response to the military ~ Let me make this is crystal clear, I apologize to no one)
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To: Hildy

They like to save all the muckraking good stuff for just before important elections. SOBs.


19 posted on 11/02/2006 8:06:46 PM PST by Donna Lee Nardo (DEATH TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND ANIMAL AND CHILD ABUSERS.)
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To: Wiseghy

Can the Times really be this stupid to allow us to point out the obvious? Are they that dense?


20 posted on 11/02/2006 8:07:33 PM PST by mwl1
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