Former UN weapons inspector rails against war in Iraq (SCOTT RITTER BARF ALERT!!!)

AP ^ | 05 Feb. 2003 | HANS GREIMEL

[txradioguy]

Former UN weapons inspector rails against war in Iraq, warns of terrorism Wed Feb 5, 2:22 AM ET

By HANS GREIMEL, Associated Press Writer

TOKYO - A former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter blasted the U.S. case against Iraq on Wednesday as based on "circumstantial evidence" and warned that invading the country would be a "long and horrific" invitation to terrorism.

The remarks came just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) was set to present the U.N. Security Council a detailed argument on the disarmament of Iraq.

Ritter, a former Gulf War (news - web sites) veteran who worked on U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq from 1991 to 1998, said the United States was giving up on inspections too soon and that Powell could present only "circumstantial evidence" that they haven't worked.

"The purpose of Colin Powell's presentation ... is to destroy international trust and confidence in weapons inspections, and that's a darn shame," said Ritter, on a two-stop international campaign to condemn the push toward war in Iraq.

"Inspections can work if given a chance," he said.

Chief weapons inspector Hans Blix indicated Tuesday that time and patience was running out, warning Baghdad that it is "five minutes to midnight."

According to Ritter, however, up to 95 percent of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction had been confirmed destroyed by the end of his tenure and the country has had no industrial base to rearm since — a claim about which many are skeptical.

Ritter argued that U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) wants to undercut the inspections process because his true aim is not the disarmament of Iraq but the removal of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites).

Ritter warned that a U.S. invasion would be potentially devastating and likely trigger a global backlash of terrorist attacks against U.S. targets.

"It's going to be long and horrific," Ritter said. "I think an American invasion of Iraq is the best recruiting poster that Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) and al-Qaida will ever have."

Ritter leaves Japan on Friday for a seminar in the United Arab Emirates.

[txradioguy]

More brain dead comments from Chester The Molester!

[FreePaul]

I guess Scott didn't hear anything that turned him on. Oops! bad choice of words.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

inspector

[txradioguy]

If there are any current of former marines that read this I have a question. I know you guys say there is no such thing as an "ex" Marine, only "former" Marines. Does that count even the likes of Scott Ritter? Just curious.


Where's R. Lee Ermey when we need him? He could slap Ritter around a little and ask him "What is your major malfunction numbnuts? Did mommy and daddy not pay enough attention to you when you were a child?"

[Neets]

This is your brain on Kiddie Porn.

[thermodynamics]

Must be taking a break from molesting teen girls...His comments are like a foul odor emitted from a carcus on the side of the road!

[SunStar]

Scott Ritter NO LONGER REPRESENTS the U.S. or UN...

So, he needs to shut his fat mouth.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Scott Ritter is an entirely new category. He no longer merits a barf alert.

He IS barf.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

"Inspections can work if given a chance," he said.

"Especially if the inspector is a sixteen year old girl at a Burger King" he forgot to add.

[patton]

(+)

[Ceebass]

His epiphany makes me wonder if his perversions go back earlier than the recent incident, and if someone is blackmailing him over them.

[Republican Wildcat]

$400,000 can sure change some people's tune.

[rudypoot]

"Scott Ritter blasted the U.S. case against Iraq on Wednesday as based on "circumstantial evidence..."

And OJ was innocient.

[DoctorMichael]

Former UN weapons inspector and pedophile rails against war in Iraq

[45Auto]

I thought there was a law that required agents of foreign governments to register as such? Like Henry the Kiss(inger)? Or was that registered sex offenders? I confuse the two.

[Wolverine]

[DoughtyOne]

Any group or media outlet that gives this guy a voice needs to have their name linked with the charges that Ritter skated on. The guy got a deal. It wasn't a dismissal. He's guilty. I just wonder if he has to register as a sex offender where ever he goes, and if he's complying.

[DoughtyOne]

Exactly! And whoever gives him voice has an equal amount of credibility.

[#3Fan]

Did Iraq have anything like a children's prison while Ritter was over there? In light of the recent charges against him it would be interesting to see if Ritter may have been allowed access to something like that.

Many secrets will be known when there is a regime change in Iraq and there may be some in places other than Iraq that don't want certain secrets to be known.

[txradioguy]

I've posted that same thought on here before. And the more I hear him blather, the more I'm convinced that the Iraqi's supplied the girls then took the pics as blackmail. There is an Article he wrote for Playboy in Dec. 1999 and he was still the firebreathing "I'll kill Saddam myself" UNSCOM inspector. He even predicted that unless the inspectors went back immidiately, "we'll be back at war with Iraq within 5 years." Did someone get to him, yeah I'd say so.