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C.I.A. Is Said to Have Bought and Destroyed Iraqi Chemical Weapons
http://www.nytimes.com/ ^ | FEB. 15, 2015 | By C. J. CHIVERS and ERIC SCHMITT

Posted on 02/15/2015 8:31:30 PM PST by Para-Ord.45

he Central Intelligence Agency, working with American troops during the occupation of Iraq, repeatedly purchased nerve-agent rockets from a secretive Iraqi seller, part of a previously undisclosed effort to ensure that old chemical weapons remaining in Iraq did not fall into the hands of terrorists or militant groups, according to current and former American officials.

The extraordinary arms purchase plan, known as Operation Avarice, began in 2005 and continued into 2006, and the American military deemed it a nonproliferation success. It led to the United States’ acquiring and destroying at least 400 Borak rockets...

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: Para-Ord.45

21 posted on 02/15/2015 9:53:24 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Total lie!

Everyone knows Bush lied to get us into a war Clinton and congress authorized in 1998.


22 posted on 02/15/2015 10:02:49 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Para-Ord.45
Central Intelligence Agency, working with American troops during the occupation of Iraq, repeatedly purchased nerve-agent rockets from a secretive Iraqi seller, part of a previously undisclosed effort to ensure that old chemical weapons remaining in Iraq did not fall into the hands of terrorists or militant groups, according to current and former American officials.

They now reveal this previously undisclosed effort, yet the "secretive Iraqi" seller is not ID'd? Seems odd, as even low level drug sellers are wire tapped, followed and surveilled to find out where the stash/source is.

23 posted on 02/15/2015 10:12:12 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Stayfrosty
For some Freepers to totally write off Alex Jones...

Perhaps because every time he stumbles upon something true, he says something idiotic like Bilderbergers are eating babies wrapped in gold foil at their meetings.

24 posted on 02/15/2015 10:12:59 PM PST by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: edpc; Stayfrosty

Or like the government is illegally monitoring, hacking emails and spying on the American public.

Oh wait....


25 posted on 02/15/2015 10:25:03 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Billthedrill

Aren’t you surprised that this story came out of the memory hole and was published in the NY Times.?

Given their slant on the Iraq war and Bush, this is an amazing publishing turn around, even if it isn’t a permanent correction of their basic coverage.


26 posted on 02/15/2015 10:30:01 PM PST by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a murderer, and find one... what's your plan?)
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To: dragnet2

Anyone who has been paying attention already knew that. Prior to 9/11, 60 Minutes did a story on the Echelon program. I didn’t need some fringe radio flake to tell me.


27 posted on 02/15/2015 10:31:02 PM PST by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: Stayfrosty
They are all a bunch of liars. Why do you folks trust anything that comes out of any DC agency?

Those folks only trust the stuff they're aligned with or happen to agree with in a political sense.

It's called hypocrisy.

28 posted on 02/15/2015 10:35:39 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: txhurl
Hate W like many do, he had a shadow plan for this. He had to.

So right you are...

WMDs = Cheese
29 posted on 02/15/2015 10:38:53 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Vote fraud solution: Stake, Rope, Sugar and Bullet Ants.)
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To: edpc
Nor did I.

Are you suggesting this government which is clearly conducting illegal acts against it's own people, are capable of just about anything?

30 posted on 02/15/2015 10:48:08 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: edpc
Anyone who has been paying attention already knew that. Prior to 9/11, 60 Minutes did a story on the Echelon program.

BTW, if this was exposed many many years ago, was anything done to stop this unconstitutional illegal activity? Or has government become even more emboldened/reckless regarding it's illegal activities? BTW do you think these types of activities are conspiratorial in nature?

31 posted on 02/15/2015 11:04:07 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

I know that people/organizations who are given unbridled power will abuse it.


32 posted on 02/15/2015 11:04:35 PM PST by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: edpc
Are you suggesting this government which is clearly conducting illegal acts against it's own people, are capable of just about anything?

OK, so your answer is yes...

33 posted on 02/15/2015 11:06:35 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Stayfrosty

bye


34 posted on 02/15/2015 11:45:26 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Para-Ord.45

I know some about this, first hand.


35 posted on 02/16/2015 3:11:11 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

The agent was still active and dangerous. They may not have worked in a weapon system anymore against other armies, but they could have been used in a crowded civil environment.


36 posted on 02/16/2015 3:12:39 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: Stayfrosty

Oh great. Another pseudo conservative anti-American. That’s just what this forum needs.


37 posted on 02/16/2015 3:15:23 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Thanks, I hadn’t noticed your post before I replied to the anti-American gibberish.


38 posted on 02/16/2015 3:16:34 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: txhurl

Imagine what the world would be like had we fought as strongly as we started? Instead, politics took over, first by dems & then turncoats in the GOP.


39 posted on 02/16/2015 3:30:34 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Para-Ord.45

The secrecy of this is on W—as is so much else.


40 posted on 02/16/2015 4:30:11 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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