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Saddam's WMD hidden in Syria, says Iraq survey chief
The Sunday Telegraph (UK) ^ | 1/25/04 | Con Coughlin

Posted on 01/24/2004 5:07:40 PM PST by saquin

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To: MJY1288
They will in June.

Last summer it was September of 2003.

61 posted on 01/24/2004 7:55:59 PM PST by joesbucks
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To: marron
True. With the Tora Bora helicopter, though, it would be safe to assume it was OBL.
62 posted on 01/24/2004 8:00:07 PM PST by Loc123
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To: saquin
I keep asking: Why didn't our special ops guys (who were working in western Iraq long before the war started) intercept the convoys at the Syrian border?
63 posted on 01/24/2004 8:04:33 PM PST by freedom4me
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To: Loc123
It was safe to say it was the bad guys. It would be interesting to know why we didn't shoot it down. We didn't need to know who was in a particular cave to bomb it, we would logically have shot down any helicopter that lifted off.

Its odd. Of course its right on the border I guess, maybe we weren't shooting down helicopters headed for Pakistan... I'm sure I don't understand why. Maybe the ISI had permission to evacuate some of its personnel? Which just happened to include the Bin Ladin clan?
64 posted on 01/24/2004 8:05:53 PM PST by marron
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To: freedom4me
Why didn't our special ops guys (who were working in western Iraq long before the war started) intercept the convoys at the Syrian border?

Can you say FUBAR Rules of Engagement?

65 posted on 01/24/2004 8:07:34 PM PST by Indie (Hopefully my post is void of hate speech and spurious flames.)
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To: LandofLincoln
"About three months before the start of the war there was a news story of a 60 truck caravan driving from Iraq to Syria. Unless I dreamt it."

I guess we had the same dream. ;-)

66 posted on 01/24/2004 8:13:55 PM PST by Spunky (This little tag just keeps following me where ever I go.)
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To: joesbucks
Something happened to those weapons, whether they are buried somewhere in Iraq or have been moved into Syria, who knows, but I seriously doubt Saddam celebrated the inspectors leaving in 1998 by destroying what he was hiding from us. When we left in 1998 there was no doubt that we had not destroyed all of their stockpiles and programs. So they're somewhere.

I personally believe they're in Syria and much like the quiet diplomacy that resulted in Libya's capitulation, maybe the same thing is going in with Syria's Assad. If you've noticed, we haven't heard much from the DOD or State Dept. about Syria for a few months now. One thing is for sure, those weapons are somewhere and all the naysayers on the left can cry foul and claim Bush lied all they want, but those weapons existed, and I believe they will be found

67 posted on 01/24/2004 8:15:24 PM PST by MJY1288 (WITHOUT DOUBLE STANDARDS, LIBERALS WOULDN'T HAVE ANY !)
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To: marron
There can be 3 plausible explanations for the helicopter.

1) It was Bin Laden or high-ranking Al Qaeda. Only they would have the money for a helicopter.

2) It was the ISI. But why would they would be in a war zone flying a helicopter is unapparent.

3) It was a US Specops mission, but I don't see why our troops wouldn't be able to know that. The report I read said that the soldiers wanted to shoot the copter down. I also don't remember if the report mentioned the copter's build.
68 posted on 01/24/2004 8:16:13 PM PST by Loc123
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To: Havoc
Let Bush underscore the point that had they not been held back from acting, the time might not have been allowed for Iraq to move those weapons.

This is exactly what I've been wishing one of the talking heads would say on TV. They insisted that he go to the UN, Congress bickered back and forth and all the while, Saddam had plenty of time, to move anything he wanted to.

69 posted on 01/24/2004 8:26:21 PM PST by GOP-Pat
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To: saquin
Thanks for this post.

Of course the Leftist US media made a big deal about Kay's resignation, but mentioned nothing about this.

70 posted on 01/24/2004 8:40:47 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
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To: ambrose
Prediction: Assad pulls a Kaddaffi and hands the WMD over, in exchange for the Golan Heights/overall peace deal with Israel... in October...

Prediction:

Assad pulls a Kaddaffi and hands the WMD over, in exchange for not being obliterated ... in October...

71 posted on 01/24/2004 8:46:18 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
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To: cyncooper
I woke uyp to these Fox Reports and could only think to myself that this was so contradictoray of everything kay had said previously that it couldn't possibly be true.

Shoddy journalism on Fox's part. CNN had nothing on their website when I went to check this morning after hearing these reportsmon Fox
72 posted on 01/24/2004 9:22:51 PM PST by Cosmo (Liberalism is for Girls!)
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To: sweetliberty
Didn't know David Kay had made this claim before. Now that he has resigned, he can speak more freely about what he knows. Well, at least about some of it.

Syria is next on the target list. It is not hard to believe that they are involved in "Libya like" discussions with the US and GB.

The Age of Monarchies, or the modern version, dictators, is over. Now is the Age of Democracies.
73 posted on 01/24/2004 9:32:49 PM PST by TheDon (Have a Happy New Year!)
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To: LandofLincoln
I remember that story too. I wonder what was in the truck however...
74 posted on 01/24/2004 9:33:38 PM PST by TheDon (Have a Happy New Year!)
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To: meenie
The propaganda is just to convince the public that another war is needed. Why don't we get the problems in Iraq and Afghanistan taken care of before propaganizing the necessity of going into Syria? I never did believe in doing a half-assed job before starting on another.

True
75 posted on 01/24/2004 9:34:08 PM PST by PersonalLiberties (Between Life and the Pursuit of Happiness You Need Liberty www.personalliberties.com)
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To: meenie
LOL! Yea, fighting Japan and Germany and Italy. What were we thinking! I thought we had gotten over such craziness!
76 posted on 01/24/2004 9:35:18 PM PST by TheDon (Have a Happy New Year!)
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To: saquin
A Syrian official last night said: "These allegations have been raised many times in the past by Israeli officials, which proves that they are false."

Claiming they are false by invoking "Israel" may play to the Islam street, but it don't cut it in the US Assad!

77 posted on 01/24/2004 9:37:58 PM PST by highlander_UW
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To: Cosmo
FoxNews is slowly getting closer to being indistinguishable from the bigmedia liberal networks. They used to look at things a little differently and do their own research - now they just parrot what all the other networks are saying. They're in love with John Kerry now also.
78 posted on 01/24/2004 9:38:06 PM PST by over3Owithabrain (just kidding folks - I support W)
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To: ambrose
Sharon will never go for that deal. Not a chance.
79 posted on 01/24/2004 9:38:17 PM PST by zarf (..where lieth those little things with the sort of raffia work base that has an attachment?)
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To: tentmaker
I find it amazing that people can't even remember the history of the last 5 years, let alone the last 15 years.

Thanks for the review for those who were too young to pay attention to such things as they were happening.
80 posted on 01/24/2004 9:39:54 PM PST by TheDon (Have a Happy New Year!)
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