Paper Trail Shows Syria as Iraq's Main Weapons Link

LA Times ^ | Dec. 29, 2003 | Bob Drogin and Jeffrey Fleishman

[FairOpinion]

Note the direct connection to Bashar Assad, president/dictator of Syria.

And the Russians sold weapons to the Iraqis via Syria as well.

The article gives a tremendous amount of detail. It's really worth reading.

[ovrtaxt]

By Bob Drogin and Jeffrey Fleishman

This is obviously Zionist propaganda!! Plus it's Bush's fault.

[Southack]

Man, the pucker factor just got a notch tighter in Damascus tonight!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Wonder if Assad is answering GW's calls these days. Thanks for the post, will review tomorrow.

[StriperSniper]

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[RoseofTexas]

Guess where the WMD are being hidden at?! Syria better start coughing up them there weapons...PRONTO!!

[NormsRevenge]

Bump

[FairOpinion]

"And the files reviewed by The Times — about 800 pages of signed contracts, shipping manifests, export documents, bank deposits, minutes of meetings and more — offer a rare glimpse into the murky world of international arms smuggling and the ties between countries such as Syria and North Korea, which the administration calls "rogue states," and the ousted Iraqi regime. The documents illustrate the clandestine networks and complex deceptions Iraq used to evade U.N. sanctions and scrutiny by U.S. intelligence. Those include extensive use of front companies, sham contracts, phony export licenses, kickbacks and money laundering schemes."

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The LA Times gives an absolutely mindboggling amount of details and specifics.

[SCWard]

No doubt we can trust the UN to make an example of Syria, for violating the "Stringent Embargo" on Iraq,
and in turn, impose similar sanctions on Syria.

Kofi Annan will set things right.

Yeah, right.

[FairOpinion]

ping

[McGavin999]

It's going to be very interesting to see just what, if anything, the UN does about this. Either they do something or they might as well lock up the doors at Turtle Bay.

[Jabba the Nutt]

I wonder if GW is calling. :^|

[FairOpinion]

"It's going to be very interesting to see just what, if anything, the UN does about this. "

Surely you aren't seriously expecting the UN to do anything, are you?

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Doh!

- Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, et. al.

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

Shocking! I thought the Syrians were the friends of freedom loving people everywhere.

[MamaLucci]

Those include extensive use of front companies, sham
contracts, phony export licenses, kickbacks
and money laundering schemes."

"It's going to be very interesting to see just what,
if anything, the UN does about this."

They can't do anything except duck when the $hit hits the fan.
Scott Ritter wasn't the only one being paid off by Saddam.

[BykrBayb]

"The story you requested is available only to registered members."

How hard is it to post the whole article?

[Ingtar]

If the odd UN commercial I saw the other night is any indication, they are more likely to sanction the US. The commercial accused the US of being a major purchaser of slaves... 20,000 in the last year. I'm still wondering if it was flu induced dementia.

[FairOpinion]

We are not allowed to post the whole article from the LA Times. They sued FR and part of the settlement agreement was that we are only allowed to post excerpts.

The same applies to the washington post and a few other papers.

[NormsRevenge]

fyi - LA Times articles can not be posted in their entirety due to a legal settlement some time back, excerpts only are allowed.