In Assessing Iraq's Arsenal, The 'Reality Is Uncertainty'

Washington Post ^ | 07/31/2002 | Joby Warrick

[Pokey78]

Details of Bioweapons Lab Emerge, but Not Proof

U.S. intelligence analysts have been closely examining satellite images of the west bank of the Tigris River in Baghdad for signs of a laboratory rumored to exist there. Called Tahhaddy, or "Challenge," the lab is purported to have 85 employees and a top-secret mission: making biological weapons for Iraq's military.

Details about the lab have trickled out of Iraq in recent months in accounts from defectors and Iraqi exiles opposed to President Saddam Hussein. They tell of underground test chambers, heavy security and a viral strain code-named "Blue Nile," which sounds suspiciously like the Ebola virus.

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[Pokey78]

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[RandyRep]

This is really scary...a first class piece of journalism - connecting the dots, so to speak.

I hope that the CIA and DIA have all this info. I imagine they do. Of course, this may be their way to get it out in public.

[Diogenesis]

[EternalHope]

An excellent article (in spite of the source).

Worth reading in full.

[GaryMontana]

The longer we wait to get Iraq, the worse the problem will become. I would have no problem if we nuked Iraq. That is what they would do to us if they had a chance.

[MeekOneGOP]

In Assessing Iraq's Arsenal, The 'Reality Is Uncertainty'

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[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks, Pokey ! This is a bump to come back and read ALL of this!

[MeekOneGOP]

Congressional leaders are pressing the White House for better intelligence -- and a public airing of the existing evidence -- as reports circulate that the administration is preparing plans for a possible strike against Baghdad.

"There's an important role for the Iraqi opposition, but we should be doing more than simply trying to confirm its stories," said Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. "My attitude is we should be like the Missourians: Show me."

Well, if your good buddy bill clintoon hadn't screwed up the hiring standards
for CIA Spies, you might already HAVE that information, huh? Guess that's
another mess that Bush will have to clean up!