[AntiGuv]

Exactly. If they were legitimate and innocent, why were they scrubbed clean?

Well, the only reason I'm aware of to assume that they were "scrubbed clean" is if one has ascertained they were bioweapon plants. The failure to find any evidence of biological agents - once you've already concluded that they're bioweapon plants - leads to the assumption that they were scrubbed clean.

Circular argument, anyone?

[lepton]

Well, the only reason I'm aware of to assume that they were "scrubbed clean"

It was said when the anouncements were first made of the trucks, that some sort of caustic material was used to wipe down interior surfaces, and on the outside, fresh paint applied. This would be an EXAMPLE of their having been scrubbed clean.

[HatSteel]

They were declared scrubbed because of the dectection chemical for that purpose. Memory says I read that in an early report.

[alnick]

Well, the only reason I'm aware of to assume that they were "scrubbed clean" is if one has ascertained they were bioweapon plants.

So you're admitting that if they had been scrubbed clean with, say, a caustic substance, that the only plausible use for them would be bioweapon plants?

Excerpt: Cambone said more testing will be required, noting that the surface of it had been washed with a caustic material and it likely would have to be dismantled before testing can be done on hard-to-reach surfaces. It is painted a military color scheme, was found on a transporter normally used for tanks and - as an Iraqi defector has described Iraq's mobile labs - contains a fermentor and a system to capture exhaust gases, Cambone said. Earlier Wednesday, Lt. Gen. William Wallace said that American forces have collected "plenty of documentary evidence" suggesting that Saddam had an active program for weapons of mass destruction.

[William McKinley]

Not quite a circle.

It is assumed that they were scrubbed clean because no credible other use for the vehicle has been presented. The hydrogen excuse is not credible, despite the claims of the people in this article, for the reasons I describe just above.

So if you have these vehicles, and you can't think of a non-weapons use for the vehicles that makes sense, and the Iraqi's explanation for the use of the vehicles is shown to not be the case on the vehicles in hand, and you can't find any vehicles showing evidence of being used the way the Iraqis say they were used, where does that leave you?