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‘I found Saddam’s WMD bunkers’
Melanie Phillips.com ^ | April 19, 2007 | Melanie Phillips

Posted on 04/19/2007 3:13:26 AM PDT by aculeus

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To: southlake_hoosier

“And the President and military let them.”

Yep, unlike the socialist nervana there is free speech in this country.


21 posted on 04/19/2007 4:42:58 AM PDT by driftdiver
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To: aculeus
Background of the John Loftus mentioned in the article article by loftus

Wikipedia has a nice writeup on him too.

22 posted on 04/19/2007 4:46:10 AM PDT by Homer1
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To: Wolfie

I think they were in Sandy Berger’s sox.


23 posted on 04/19/2007 4:46:50 AM PDT by lonestar (Me, too--Weinie)
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To: mikeybaby

And what benefit would the USA be gaining by protecting Germany, France, and Russia from the revelation that they supplied Saddam with banned weapons?

This is a very interesting question.

Could it be that President Bush has made a very strategic decision to withhold information that would be incredibly damaging to the Russians and others?

It seems that no matter HOW bad it gets in Iraq, a major WMD revelation isn’t in the cards...


24 posted on 04/19/2007 4:50:28 AM PDT by joseph20
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To: trooprally

bookmark


25 posted on 04/19/2007 4:50:58 AM PDT by trooprally (Never Give Up - Never Give In - Remember Our Troops)
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To: aculeus

bttt


26 posted on 04/19/2007 4:55:02 AM PDT by timpad (The Wizard Tim - Keeper of the Holy Hand Grenade, Finder of Obscurata)
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To: aculeus

Interesting read.


27 posted on 04/19/2007 5:05:52 AM PDT by Badeye (The worst thing in the world is being talked about. The Second worst is not being talked about.)
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To: aculeus
There is a silver lining to this cloud. Chemical and biological (even to a degree nuclear) degrade over time. Not only that, but the fool who uses them may end up dead in a number of ways. Least mentioned is killing himself if the wind isn't right,...

5.56mm

28 posted on 04/19/2007 5:09:49 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: wolfcreek
If this housewife in Alabama knew, surely the Speaker of the House knew.

But at the time of the 2nd Gulf War (2003), most of the WMDs and materials for their production have been already removed from Iraq to Syria and Lebanon (and earlier to Sudan, Libya and Algeria), either by the Iraqis themselves (with the help of Syria) or by the Russians.

Snip from this excellent source.

29 posted on 04/19/2007 5:11:38 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: sirchtruth
Show us the bunkers because without that this is just another flighty article that will be completely ignored by everyone.

Whatever the case; it will be ignored. . .there have been articles. . .stories of WMD's or their prep etc; et al. . .NONE have made a swats difference in the Dem/Left story line; or the Repubs 'line' either, for that matter - or rather, their lack of one.

Bush moved too soon. . .should have waited for Saddam to actually show his stuff. . .a parade or a detonation; a just a 'release' of noxius poisons for 'testing purposes'. . .but like the demands re N.Korea; Iran. . .he thought it better to do it 'before' all that; but you just cannot satisfy some people.

Just 'damned if you. . .and damned if you don't. . .' if you are a Republican President, named George Bush.

30 posted on 04/19/2007 5:12:11 AM PDT by cricket (If you want to lose a mile; give a Lib an inch. . .)
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To: aculeus

bump for later read


31 posted on 04/19/2007 5:21:22 AM PDT by TheRobb7 (Liberalism exists to silence people who don't agree.)
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To: aculeus

Karl Rove’s White House emails can never be erased because they are always buried in the hard drive and retrieveable, but intelligence reports can vanish or be erased completely.


32 posted on 04/19/2007 5:22:14 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: aculeus
I don't know whether any of this is credible or not. But this one claim casts doubts on the others, or at least offers some real questions. Regarding bunkers built UNDER the Euphrates River:

They had been constructed through building dams which were removed after the huge subterranean vaults had been excavated so that these were concealed beneath the river bed. The bunker walls were made of reinforced concrete five feet thick.

There is no way construction like this would escape the notice of our satellites, and even sparse ground assets could notice a major river damned up for what would have to be days at a time for such construction.

Is there any evidence of this in the record? If not, it likely did not happen -- no way it was done in secret.

This isn't how they usually do under-river construction. Most of the time they drill from the sides for tunnels. And the one case I know of where the tunnel was done from above, the sections of tunnel were built and sealed and dropped THROUGH the water into channels dug while the water was in place, not by damming the water.

33 posted on 04/19/2007 5:22:49 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: driftdiver

I have said many times if you want to hide something you hide it in an area where your enemy has no access to.


34 posted on 04/19/2007 5:27:17 AM PDT by Kaslin (Fred Thompson for President 2008)
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To: aculeus

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35 posted on 04/19/2007 5:29:24 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: joseph20
After adjusting my tin foil hat, i find it interesting that Merkel came to power in Germany, Harper came to power in Canada, and it looks like Sarkozy (sp?) appears as the odds on favorite in France.
36 posted on 04/19/2007 5:49:41 AM PDT by mikeybaby (long time lurker)
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To: aculeus
Yawn. The author is correct--I do dismiss the claims. The Administration, and especially the President, has a podium at any time he wants and has used it many times since 2003. He hasn't said anything about ol' Dave and his findings. If this weren't blarney, why hasn't he said anything to justify the invasion and silence critics?

Now, we're supposed to believe a report from melainephillips.com instead? I'd have to be desperate for vindication to accept the claims without more substantiation than that. Have we lost all capacity for critical thought? For introspection?

37 posted on 04/19/2007 5:56:17 AM PDT by jammer
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38 posted on 04/19/2007 6:01:12 AM PDT by JWinNC (www.anailinhisplace.net)
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To: aculeus

I’d bet the administration never hear of his reports. The CIA and FBI are busing preparing for the second comming of Xlinton.


39 posted on 04/19/2007 6:01:17 AM PDT by Dead Dog
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To: aculeus

I have a slightly used bridge for sale.


40 posted on 04/19/2007 6:02:51 AM PDT by verity (Muhammed is a Dirt Bag)
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