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To: JeanS
I haven't seen anything on their website about it, but in the interviews being done at the bottom of the last hour on Fox, Bret Baier (their Pentagon guy) was saying that the Pentagon sources were sort of backing off and not sounding so certain.
25 posted on 03/23/2003 9:25:34 PM PST by kyguy
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To: kyguy
Interestingly, it was the Pentagon sources giving the go-ahead to Brett Baier of Fox News earlier this evening (by confirming initial reports of the chem weapons facility being captured) that gave this story its true "legs" in the Western Media.

Caroline Glick's story from the Jerusalem Post has been out there since earlier this afternoon and was in fact posted here on FR. But besides the question from Stephy of ABC News at the CentCom briefing, no one else was running with this story until the Pentagon confirmed the story and Baier of Fox News went with it a few hours ago.

If the Pentagon is now backpedaling it is either because they want to wait for official confirmation of what chem weapons it is, or because they got too far out in front of a story that now may have some doubtful elements.

They know the stinking international press -- especially the bloody French and Russians -- will want absolutely convincing ironclad evidence in triplicate.
68 posted on 03/23/2003 9:38:35 PM PST by UncleSamUSA (the land of the free and the home of the brave)
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To: kyguy
They have to state that it was a chemical munitions plant first before they can backpedal. They have refused to do so until they can test the various materials found to identify what they are.

Funny thing about the Allies, we like to speak truth and truth must be verified first. It is only the leftists and Islamic's who go off half-cocked in the first place.

I really am beginning to think that the kids that are raised by Television sets have about a 15 minute attention span. If they do not get an answer within that time they forget the plot of the show and carry on.

Lucky for us adults are at the helm now.
171 posted on 03/23/2003 11:53:00 PM PST by American in Israel (Right beats wrong)
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