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Andrew Sullivan: READ THE (WMD) REPORT
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| 10/03/03
| Andrew Sullivan
Posted on 10/02/2003 9:33:18 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: MHGinTN
[Lest we forget, one man, an agent for terrorism (like the ones Saddam trained for different organizations visiting Salman Pak) can trasport enough bioweapon in his airliner luggage to wipe out New York or Lost AngesleazeWhiners complain that there are no WMD and no connection between Al Queda and Saddam. I believe it is most likely that the real actual anthrax that killed real actual Americans and terrorized a whole country originated from Iraq.
The best scenario is that whatever vial of the spores was smuggled in and dispersed might have been Saddam's entire stock of viable stuff. (Wishful thinking!)
Somehow our old media have lost the word anthrax from their vocabulary.
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posted on
10/03/2003 4:03:49 AM PDT
by
maica
To: Pokey78
bump
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posted on
10/03/2003 4:09:35 AM PDT
by
Fzob
(Why does this tag line keep showing up?)
To: Pokey78
Thanks, this is excellent and has been bookmarked.
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posted on
10/03/2003 4:17:06 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(W. Clark, "If Karl Rove returned my phone calls, I could have run as a Republican!")
To: chance33_98
they will say it is an election ploy and he planted them
Understandable; it's a common human failing to presume that others would act as you would.
To: jmcclain19
I want to gloat, but I just have a sense of relief. I hope that Kay's research continues to uncover the type of information that we see here, that there was an active program, but that for the most part, there were no stockpiles of chem and bio weapons. I would breath much easier knowing that there's not massive quantities of this stuff that AQ can get its hands on.
There's no doubt that Bush and Blair are vindicated by this report, not that you'd know it by listening to the media.
Even Fox is on the no-WMD-have-been-found bandwagon. I think that for them it's laziness more than bias. It's easier to just run with the pack than to do independent research.
Just this morning I heard Karin CHetry refer to the "fact" that the administration claimed that SH was an imminent threat. Arghhh!!
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posted on
10/03/2003 4:53:13 AM PDT
by
alnick
(The truth shall set you free.)
To: Howlin
Thanks for the ping. Very interesting reading.
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posted on
10/03/2003 4:53:45 AM PDT
by
alnick
(The truth shall set you free.)
To: Fledermaus
The left wing hates Sullivan. I hear they are going to out him from the closet! :-)Oh my gosh! They're going to expose that he's straight?
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posted on
10/03/2003 4:57:01 AM PDT
by
alnick
(The truth shall set you free.)
To: Pokey78
bump for later
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posted on
10/03/2003 4:58:05 AM PDT
by
boxerblues
(God Bless the 101st, stay safe, stay armed and watch your backs)
To: Dolphy
It sure doesn't help when Senator Roberts says he was disappointed by Kay's findings. What was he thinking, what was he listening to? I agree, he was silly yesterday. I think he expected us to go in and find this stuff resting in huge piles. If what Sullivan says is true, and I believe it is, then Roberts needs to get a grip.
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posted on
10/03/2003 5:00:11 AM PDT
by
ReaganRevolution
(Don't believe the liberal media)
To: MEG33
Great column by Sullivan.Those who misquote the president's prewar statement as Rockefeller did today citing "immediate danger"statement to back the war,will not bend.They say imminent and immediate for political reasons and no report will satify them unless we find missiles loaded with poison. These are the very people who, before the war, made claims that the president was wrong to bring us to war since the threat was not imminent. I would love to see a compilation of pre- and post-war quotes from these people concerning imminence/lack of imminence.
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posted on
10/03/2003 5:00:22 AM PDT
by
alnick
(The truth shall set you free.)
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posted on
10/03/2003 5:06:53 AM PDT
by
Lyford
To: alnick
I know the President said he didn't want to wait until the threat was imminent.They misquote him every day,on TV and in the press,implying he said the danger was imminent or immediate.
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posted on
10/03/2003 5:09:37 AM PDT
by
MEG33
To: Pokey78
Thank God for AS
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posted on
10/03/2003 5:18:34 AM PDT
by
The Wizard
(Saddamocrats are enemies of America, treasonous everytime they speak)
To: Howlin
Thanks for this most impressive ping.
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posted on
10/03/2003 5:46:04 AM PDT
by
kitkat
To: Pokey78
I took the following from the report itself.
Discussions with Iraqi scientists uncovered agent R&D work that paired overt work with nonpathogenic organisms serving as surrogates for prohibited investigation with pathogenic agents. Examples include: B. Thurengiensis (Bt) with B. anthracis (anthrax), and medicinal plants with ricin. In a similar vein, two key former BW scientists, confirmed that Iraq under the guise of legitimate activity developed refinements of processes and products relevant to BW agents. The scientists discussed the development of improved, simplified fermentation and spray drying capabilities for the simulant Bt that would have been directly applicable to anthrax, and one scientist confirmed that the production line for Bt could be switched to produce anthrax in one week if the seed stock were available.
Now, doesn't this add to Laurie Mylroie's theory that the post 9-11 anthrax mailings were Iraqi in origin?
To: Pokey78; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...
Very late must-read. Thanks, Pokey. Thank you, Andrew Sullivan.
Translation: Saddam was lying to the U.N. as late as 2002. He was required by the U.N. to fully cooperate. He didn't. The war was justified on those grounds alone. Case closed. Some of the physical evidence still remains, despite what was clearly a deliberate, coordinated and thorough attempt to destroy evidence before during and after the war.
Why was our "news" filled with Wilson leaks, Rush and Arnold attacks yesterday?
Andrew provides links, and did what every free reporter in the civilized world should have done yesterday - read David Kay's report.
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posted on
10/03/2003 6:04:39 AM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("We love the Americans here." ~ Mustafa Adna, 18, a Turkmen fruit vendor, Kirkuk, 9/26)
To: maica
I believe it is most likely that the real actual anthrax that killed real actual Americans and terrorized a whole country originated from Iraq. Me too.
See my post above.
To: Timesink
bump for later reading
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posted on
10/03/2003 6:10:46 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: Pokey78
If you think that David Kay's report on Iraqi WMDs can be adequately summarized by idiotic headlines
I always believe everything printed in the paper! They would never lie to us, they never put any spin in their stories.
Of course I am 5 points dumber than a small pile of rocks.
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posted on
10/03/2003 6:30:12 AM PDT
by
Valin
(I have my own little world, but it's okay - they know me here.)
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