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PROOF of Iraq's WMD (Flashback Clinton speech 1998)
CNN ^ | Feb. 17, 1998 | Bill Clinton

Posted on 05/30/2003 9:00:14 PM PDT by FairOpinion

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:36 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Please be seated. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Vice President, for your remarks and your leadership. Thank you, Secretary Cohen, for the superb job you have done here at the Pentagon and on this most recent very difficult problem. Thank you, General Shelton, for being the right person at the right time.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1998; biological; chemical; clinton; iraq; nuclear; saddam; speech; weapons; wmd
"It (Iraq/Saddam regime) admitted, among other things, an offensive biological warfare capability notably 5,000 gallons of botulinum, which causes botulism; 2,000 gallons of anthrax; 25 biological-filled Scud warheads; and 157 aerial bombs.

Despite Iraq's deceptions, UNSCOM has nevertheless done a remarkable job. Its inspectors the eyes and ears of the civilized world have uncovered and destroyed more weapons of mass destruction capacity than was destroyed during the Gulf War.

This includes nearly 40,000 chemical weapons, more than 100,000 gallons of chemical weapons agents, 48 operational missiles, 30 warheads specifically fitted for chemical and biological weapons, and a massive biological weapons facility at Al Hakam equipped to produce anthrax and other deadly agents.

1 posted on 05/30/2003 9:00:14 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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Oh this is good. Too bad the media will never comment on this and shut those lying rats up!
2 posted on 05/30/2003 9:07:51 PM PDT by ladyinred
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To: FairOpinion
"THIS ENTIRE TEXT" and he kicked the can down the road.

God knows, I hate everything this man and his wife?partner stand for.
3 posted on 05/30/2003 9:27:27 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (If he's a cowboy, then I like cowboys. <><)
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To: FairOpinion
EXCELLENT!!!
4 posted on 05/30/2003 9:53:47 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Where is Saddam? and his Weapons of Mass Destruction?)
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To: FairOpinion
Archival SPOTREP - lest we forget!
5 posted on 05/30/2003 10:02:14 PM PDT by LiteKeeper
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To: Mia T
Ping.
6 posted on 05/30/2003 10:09:56 PM PDT by Graewoulf
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
bttt!
7 posted on 05/31/2003 1:17:56 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Where is Saddam? and his Weapons of Mass Destruction?)
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