US calls off search for weapons of mass destruction ( barf alert, this is a troop reduction)

The Irish Times ^ | Jan 9, 2004

[gobucks]

The Bush administration has quietly withdrawn a 400-member military team it sent to Baghdad to scour Iraq for evidence of unconventional weapons, write Conor O'Clery in New York & Deaglán de Bréadún in Dublin.

The move indicates that the US does not now expect to find illegal weapons, the main reason given by President Bush for the war last year that toppled Saddam Hussein.

At the same time, a prestigious Washington-based research foundation, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has published a scathing report on President Bush's case for war.

The US weapons team, whose withdrawal was reported yesterday by the New York Times, is the key unit of a 1,400-member US survey group sent to find weapons of mass destruction. Head of the group Mr David Kay is in Washington with his deputy, Gen Keith Dayton, and may quit his post soon, the paper also reported.

[jwalsh07]

Nobody gives a crap. He had the technology to make and transfer WMD to terrorists. He no longer can do that.

He ran a retirement home in Baghdad for terrorists, one of whom was directly responsible for the murder of Leon Klinghoffer, an American citizen confined to a wheelchair. Abu Abbas will not be killing any more Americans.

Abu Nidal committed suicide with three to the head in Baghdad as an effort at appeasement. Abu won't be masterminding any more terrorist acts.

Uday and Qusay, the pervsy twins, committed untold atrocities killing and raping women and children along with those men who dared question their brand of Marxism. Uday and Qusay are dead, killed by American warriors and never to be heard from again.

Libya and Iran are begging for inspections. Even the Sudanese are rethinking their 2 million plus ongoing pogrom.

In short, screw the liberal sh5theads who wouldn't recognize evil if it bit them on their fat asses.

[gobucks]

Well, the potatoes were large this year....and the CIA has detected a diabolical Irish plot to cause an obesity epidemic thru insulin-resistance via overconsumption of Wendy's and Mcky D's fries....my understanding is the report was nixed by a Sen. Kennedy aid...I think her name is Maureen somthing...

[jwalsh07]

Your post should be required viewing in Americas classrooms, barrooms, boardrooms and news rooms on a daily basis.

Nice job.

[jwalsh07]

Do you people not realize this idiot is a liberal???

Evidently the idiot liberal in question would be you.

[gov_bean_ counter]

At the same time, a prestigious Washington-based research foundation, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has published a scathing report on President Bush's case for war.

BS... This organization has access to nothing. Amazing that they could even pretend to come to any assessment about the case for war.

[kabar]

Gee, last time I knew there were about 1500 folks involved in the search. How does 400 hundred of them going home mean they've called off the search?

The 400 going home are the weapons handling and disposal personnel. The search will continue. When they find something, the others will return. More spin.

[eskimo]

Maybe this means the president will have something to report during his SOTU speech.

Perhaps. I'm sure it is all written already; I just wish I had an advance copy of the script.

[gobucks]

That's why I included it, along w/ the NYT ref....figured liberals would be howling soon now that they're talking points were printed...

[txrangerette]

This article is a Liberal scam,
itself. So, Libs screaming due to
it makes for perfect symmetry.

ROTFL!

[gobucks]

I like that...perfect symmetry...sort of like the symmetry of a sphere, they never change no matter how you look at em, or hear them.....

[DrMrIce]

The pics the media fails to show you right..It is just ignorant to think that Saddam never had any weapons of mass destruction. I really liked those pics where did u get them?

[Robson]

Diogenesis, those 9/11 pictures are as powerful and infuriating as ever, but it looks like you accidentally posted them to the wrong thread. This story was about Iraq and our inability to find WMD.

Agreed, though, we've got to hunt down Bin Laden and bring him to justice.

[cookcounty]

" 1,400 - 400 = 1,000 "

Actually, it's probably 1,400 - 400 + 400 = 1,400 .

2 weeks ago a reservist Chemical Company from nearby Arlington Heights, Illinois was sent to Iraq ro join the search for WMD. I suspect they are not the only new arrivals to be taking up this task. I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard for the Irish Times to find out, but "finding out and reporting the the facts" is not in the job description of today's so-called "reporters."