Illicit Arms Kept Till Eve of War, an Iraqi Scientist Is Said to Assert

The NY Times ^ | 042103 | JUDITH MILLER

[Maynerd]

Judith Miller is a good reporter. She is a no BS journalist who's forte is chem and bio weapons. She is very credible despite working for the NY slimes.

[MEG33]

The wheel is spinning.Have you read anything about the carnage and destruction Saddam has caused his own country?

[Maynerd]

WE MUST FIND THE WEAPOONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION or history will make us a laughing stock.

Regime change was the policy. WMD's were the most convenient and potent arguement for regime change. I don't care is they only find empy beekers and a few bunson burners. Saddam is gone and the middle east has undergone a tectonic change.

[Nick Danger]

The scientist also told American weapons experts that Iraq had secretly sent unconventional weapons and technology to Syria, starting in the mid-1990's, and that more recently Iraq was cooperating with Al Qaeda

This has the ring of "telling 'em what they want to hear." As he himself says later, the program was "highly compartmentalized." This guy wouldn't know any more than he needed to know to make the brew. In fact the whole 'scientific' side of the show might not have known anything about what happened to the stuff after they made it. Saddam was so paranoid that the guys who were after him had guys after them.

[Dolphy]

Well the fact that Judith Miller is reporting this lends much credibility, she's been writing and investigating the subject for a good many years.

Yes, Judith Miller is a good reporter, this is her field of expertise as well. I saw her interviewed a few weeks ago when she was hanging out in Kuwait with the team of people who would be responsible for testing any sites or material found. At that time she had said that they had not yet been called. I also respect her for very clearly noting the constraints placed on her before she could file her report. CNN should have considered making similar qualifications of their pre-war Baghdad reports.

[Green Knight]

Ping.

[jbstrick]

This was from the NYTimes???????? I may faint.

[Swampmarine]

Keep in mind that history is written by the winners. WMD will be found. While a closely guarded secret, Irag was too imcompent, and routed too quickly, to hide or get rid of all their stuff. $$$ will point the way.

[kayak]

fyi

[Happy2BMe]

Lots of finger pointing at Syria - LOTS!

[JustPiper]

Scratching head trying hard to figure out how using them would have saved anybodies hide

Exactly, now moving them to Syria is a strategic move for the US demise and retribution.

[JustPiper]

Judith Miller is a good reporter

Then it is important this be read by those who do not get the NY Times internet version.

[John H K]

Despite the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" moniker it's unlikely that Iraq using Chemical weapons would have killed many coalition soldiers or slowed down the fall of Baghdad by much.

Simply not that great if you have trouble delivering them effectively, and you're delivering them against troops trained in chemical warfare and with plenty of protective suits.

[Henchman]

This isn't the only caché, lets get some more first. With respect to Syria, on general principles, "Let's roll".

[Right_in_Virginia]

Wouldn't you go ahead and use the damned things to save your own hide?

He may not have gotten the chance. IMHO, that first strike upset quite a few of Saddam's plans.

[First Amendment]

Do you realize the carnage and destruction that is only justified if we find that the UN inspectors were wrong?

I hate to be suspicious, but you signed up a couple of days ago.... And what about the carnage, now?? The US caused all the carnage? There wasn't any carnage under Saddam's beneficent regime, hmmm?

[PianoMan]

The left-wing opposition has staked everything on our not finding WMD. I bet a few people are squirming right now. Of course, they'll just find something new to holler about.

[El Gato]

We are facing a catastrophy if we do not find the weapons that were the only reason for this war. Do you realize the carnage and destruction that is only justified if we find that the UN inspectors were wrong?...Yadda, yadda, yadda

bigwheel
Since Apr 18, 2003

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[Bonaparte]

Troll

You got that right! Only 3 posts from him and already it's clear that he's obsessed with finding WMDs, doesn't believe the Iraqis want real freedom or want anything to do with Chalabi. IOW, he has the same outlook as your typical anti-war protestor.