Kuwait Foils Biochem Arms Smuggling From Iraq

Dow Jones Newswires ^ | October 1 | AP

[Pete]

KUWAIT CITY (AP)--Kuwaiti security authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle $60 million worth of chemical weapons and biological warheads from Iraq to an unnamed European country, a Kuwaiti newspaper said Wednesday.

The pro-government Al-Siyassah, quoting an unnamed security source, said the suspects had been watched by security since they arrived in Kuwait and were arrested "in due time." It didn't say when or how the smugglers entered Kuwait or when they were arrested.

The paper said the smugglers might have had accomplices inside Kuwait. It said Interior Minister Sheik Nawwaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah would hand over the smuggled weapons to an FBI agent at a news conference, but didn't say when.

Government officials couldn't be immediately reached for comment.

Iraqi Interior Minister Nouri Al-Badran met Tuesday with Sheik Nawwaf and discussed cooperation between the two countries in security matters. His visit is the first by an Iraqi interior minister to Kuwait since 1990.

[Steve_Seattle]

I think you underestimate the spin powers of the left. They'll point to this smuggling attempt as evidence that the confusion and chaos of post-war Iraq is making Iraqi WMD MORE avaliable to terrorists and will claim that the war thus made the world less safe.

Good one - see my previous post on possible liberal spin. I think yours is better.

[Arrowhead1952]

Dashcle and a few other dems might be on suicide watch if this is true.

Hitlery will try to credit El Schneakmeister for this somehow. That will make suicide a non-issue for Dashole and the other RATs.

[PonyTailGuy]

Here's the link, you should get to the story if you're subscribed.

http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20031001_005732-search,00.html?collection=autowire%2F30day&vql_string=Kuwait%3Cin%3E%28article%2Dbody%29

[Sacajaweau]

WMD more available to terrorists. Think that's almost a direct quote from an old Wilson speech.

Of course, the other side of the coin is: The weapons inspectors did a SA job.

[alnick]

AP did pick it up. You'll find the link down the thread.

[Freedoms Chaser]

Dear God: Let this be true!!!

[Shermy]

"I will be revealing the names of everybody who called me and cited White House sources or cited people specifically"

And maybe they were lying too.

[Peach]

Drudge: WH not ruling out polygraphs.

[Sacajaweau]

Biological warheads?? according to the article. Can that be right??

[Steve_Seattle]

"WMD more available to terrorists."

So Wilson is saying, "Saddam has no WMD's, but if we attack him, the WMD's he doesn't have will be dispersed into the hands of rogue elements around the world."

[Peach]

And said he resented Wolf's mischaracterization.

[Arrowhead1952]

Gullibility Alert : Freepers claiming Iraq WMD's in Kuwait - no sources

Edited on Wed Oct-01-03 05:14 PM by Jinx
Supposedly Kuwait has captured Iraqi arms being smuggled out of country. No reliable sources.

Just snuck over to DU. Here is their headline. HA!! HA!!

[VOR78]

Good. This is one time that I am glad I'm wrong.

[Sacajaweau]

Wonder how much the Dems are paying Wilson for this little hand grenade. I'm so damn curious about who authorized his trip?

[blackie]

Very interesting!

[steveegg]

It seems to me that the last time he claimed that Karl Rovewas involved, he was just making it up. What are the odds that this conversation was also part of his vindictive imagination?

[Ramius]

Typical dems. Anybody reading this thread could see that we've been quite skeptical, and hunting for corroboration.

But they can just make up stories as they wish. Like that one.

[swarthyguy]

No sources? Kuwaiti original, picked up by AP and printed in HT and the WSJ.

[Pubbie]

http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20031001_005732-search,00.html?collection=autowire%2F30day&vql_string=Kuwait%3Cin%3E%28article%2Dbody%29

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

KUWAIT CITY (AP)--Kuwaiti security authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle $60 million worth of chemical weapons and biological warheads from Iraq to an unnamed European country, a Kuwaiti newspaper said Wednesday.

The pro-government Al-Siyassah, quoting an unnamed security source, said the suspects had been watched by security since they arrived in Kuwait and were arrested "in due time." It didn't say when or how the smugglers entered Kuwait or when they were arrested.

The paper said the smugglers might have had accomplices inside Kuwait. It said Interior Minister Sheik Nawwaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah would hand over the smuggled weapons to an FBI agent at a news conference, but didn't say when.

Government officials couldn't be immediately reached for comment.

Iraqi Interior Minister Nouri Al-Badran met Tuesday with Sheik Nawwaf and discussed cooperation between the two countries in security matters.

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[mewzilla]

Wilson said he spoke to 6 to 8 people about the trip, some with the CIA. If true, sounds like there's more than one idiot involved.