[I still care]

I read this report. How conveiently this author leaves the more damning parts out. The defector did claim the stocks were destroyed, according to Newsweek, but he also claimed that all the notes and records and equipment were left intact, so that the program could be resumed as soon as the UN inspectors left Iraq.

He claims there was thousands of blueprints and notes that were scattered and hidden. Now the inspectors left in 1998, so according to Newsweek, that program should have been going full blast for at least 4 years.

[hippy hate me]

Good point.

[daviddennis]

Shortly after Kamel's defection, in an effort to deflect the accusations Saddam felt were coming, Saddam buried a ton of documents in a chicken farm and let the inspectors find them. Tons of stuff about illegal chemical and nuclear weapons plans.

One of the sources I've read say that Kamel was apparently an unscrupulous fool and thug, just the kind of person who can rise under Saddam's regime. He was, after all, dumb enough to return to Iraq even though it was obvious to virtually everyone around him that the move would be fatal.

As for Saddam, his brinksmanship about those missiles should tell you everything you want to know about his desire to have his weapons destroyed.

'nuff said.

D