Posted on 04/06/2003 9:53:02 AM PDT by kimmie7
Positive test for terror toxins in Iraq
***************************EXCERPT****************************
SARGAT, Iraq, April 4 - Preliminary tests conducted by MSNBC.com indicate that the deadly toxins ricin and botulinum were present on two items found at a camp in a remote mountain region of northern Iraq allegedly used as a terrorist training center by Islamic militants with ties to the al-Qaida terrorist network. The field tests used by MSNBC.com are only a first step in the evidentiary process and are typically followed by more precise laboratory testing that MSNBC.com has not conducted. U.S. intelligence agents were conducting their own tests in the same area and had not yet released their results, according to officials in northern Iraq.
The Sargat camp, set back in an isolated valley and surrounded by snow-capped peaks, was home to the radical Islamic militant group Ansar al-Islam, which counts among its some 700 followers scores of al-Qaida fighters.
In a Feb. 5 speech to the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell showed a satellite photo of the Sargat camp and described Ansar al-Islam as teaching its operatives how to produce ricin and other poisons. U.S. officials have repeated the allegations in recent weeks.
In an operation timed to coincide with the war on Iraq, U.S. special operations forces have targeted Ansar al-Islams militants in northern Iraq. Hundreds of Islamists, including al-Qaida fighters who took refuge in northern Iraq after the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan, have been killed.
Although U.S. officials for months have leveled charges that the Ansar al-Islam and al-Qaida militants were producing poisons in northern Iraq, it wasnt until this week that specialist U.S. teams were able to gain access to the Sargat camp to test for traces of biological and chemical weapons.
Experts believe the Islamic group was producing the substances in the camp. Both toxins can be created from everyday products and simple procedures.
TERRORISTS TEMPTED BY TOXINS
*****************************************
**************************************
And from today's Flopping Aces:
MSNBC Confirms Pre-War Al Queda Camp in Iraq Tests Positive For Bio/Chem weapons
********************EXCERPT**********************
24 Jun 2008
Posted by: Scott @ 6:28 am in Bush Derangement Syndrome, Fanatical Islam, Iraq/Al-Qaeda Connection, Middle East, Moonbats, Politics, Pre-Invasion, Saddam Documents, The Iraqi War, The Shadow Party, WMD, War On Terror
Positive test for terror toxins in Iraq
Evidence of ricin, botulinum at Islamic militants camp
By EXCLUSIVE By Preston Mendenhall
MSNBC
Now, lets face it Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews arent gonna change their minds and suddenly face the reality that Saddams regime was willing to work with AQ groups, did work with AQ groups and leaders, and the threat of the so-called Nexus of Evil connection even existed.
Captured members of Al Queda groups from this same camp claim that they were assisted, trained, supplied, and funded by Saddams IIS as well as taking orders from Saddams IIS.
Captured documents confirm their claims.
Captured regime members confirm their claims.
Now even highly anti-war/pro-Democrat MSNBC confirms the claim itself.
Al Queda leaders confirm the claims (Zawahiri and Zarqawi specifically).
Why believe Bush Lied? Because its easier to believe that the solution to todays problems can be solved by changing a circle to a dot on a ballot than it is to face the real and scary threat as well as own up to the failures of the past.
BTTT!!!!
The media and the liberals have certainly been a problem, but so has Pres. Bush.
No one’s ever going to accuse him of standing up for his claims of Al Qaeda and WMDs in Iraq.
bttt - the media lied ... people died.
oh right...from the people that rigged the GM crash tests with rocket engines “for effect” There is no evidentiary process in the news room...give me a break
>>>>The field tests used by MSNBC.com are only a first step in the evidentiary process and are typically followed by more precise laboratory testing that MSNBC.com has not conducted
So when do the liberals who screamed that the war was wrong scream that they were wrong?
Would they have been happier if we were attacked with these WMD and then they could say that Bush didn’t do anything to protect us?
“deadly toxins ricin and botulinum were present on two items found at a camp in a remote mountain region of northern Iraq allegedly used as a terrorist training center by Islamic militants with ties to the al-Qaida terrorist network.”
Needs to be repeated.
The swamp had to be drained...
Bush was right.
Per Ernest
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/886458/posts?page=21#21
Flopping Aces dug up the MSNBC report of bio warfare from early on in the war that was recently confirmed by:
Al Qaeda Document: Zarqawi Came to Iraq Before The War To Prepare The Fight Against U.S
(Personal Note: FWIW, no one which/how many sites have been and are currently being guarded in Iraq by US Military.)
Working link to the original article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3070394/
I wouldn’t be surprised to see it disappear again from the MSNBC accessible website....I saved a copy on my disk.
I’m totally freaking out....I was thinking, “why are they pinging me to this thread?” Didn’t even remember posting it.
I’m glad you did...
I just did as well. Although I feel caught in a bit of a time warp.
What exactly resurrected this old article? I’ve not checked LGF today.
Nor have I had much coffee, so take it easy. LOL
Just ahead of your time, my FRiend! The Mods nuked today’s thread so all that was left was your oldie but goodie to comment on this run through the wayback machine.
Wow...I was actually ahead for once.
Wait.
I gotta go tell my husband.
I don’t see anything about this on LGF either.
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
< / zoolander >
Well, It’s from MSNBC.
The biggest anti-Bush clan out there.
They will have to admit something. Or claim we planted it to save a presidential legacy.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.