BREAKING NEWS: Saddam has authorized commanders to use chemical weapons in event of war

Heard on Radio Minutes Ago ^ | 2/6/2003 | President George W. Bush

[ex-Texan]

BREAKING NEWS: U.S. INTERCEPTS IRAQI TRANSMISSION TO ACTIVATE CHEMICAL WEAPONS IMMEDIATELY

That is correct. Saddam has sent orders to Republican Guard in the field to activate weapons that Iraq claim 'do not exist.'

[cake_crumb]

"Yah, you keep telling yourself that and when the rats start pulling their support for the current declaration of police power and our guys start dying you remember your words"

They voted for and authorized use of military force against Iraq.

[tall_tex]

BREAKING NEWS... TALL_TEX HAS AUTHORIZED PRESIDENT BUSH TO LAUNCH NUKES IN RESPONCE TO ANY BCN WEAPONS AIMED TOWARD OUR TROUPS OR ALLIES..DETAILS AT 11....

[cake_crumb]

"Just a thought, Saddam authorized commanders to use chemical weapons WHERE?"

That's probably the reason for the worldwide alert issued by the DoS to US citizens traveling abroad. Perhaps Saddam believes that the "international community" of Germany, France and Belguim will protect him from paying the ultimate penalty should he use chemical weapons...because he'll say "since Iraq does not have chemical weapons, Iraq is innocent of using chemical weapons". He apparently doesn't know the landscape of intelligence gathering has changed drastically (that's what happens when you get your news from CNN and the NY Slimes).

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Earlier Post - "Getting a refill of my meds....." Funny and very smart !!!!

I still back up my date & time on the FR Betting Pool of...

"Feb 22nd, 9:11 PM Baghdead time"

Why...?

1) George Washington's Birthday.

2) Saturday - a day off the markets to prevent an overreaction dip.

3) Right before the dark of the Moon.

9:11 PM Baghdead Time - Fitting time for revenge.

What do you think...?

[Rebelbase]

"If Saddam has decided to fight, he may use a pre-emptive attack with Chem. weapons from the beginning to see if he can catch the U.S. with their pants down."

I agree. Hussein knows this will be his last dance. He does have hidden scuds, most likely with WMD warheads. His only chance to get a few shots off at Israel and US concentrations is to shoot first before his capacity to do so will becomes toast.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

I agree. This will be his last dance. He may shoot his load and I hope the heck out Military is on complete alert.......

[null and void]

I'm thinking 0911 hours New York/Washington DC time. 2111 hours Lima just isn't the same...

[tall_tex]

Moon is in its final phase, new moon in a few days. Dark sky is always the best time to launch. Heck, we they won't need moon light, our ships and planes will drop a few night sky lighters for them to have enough light to see by. 2/21/03 would be sneakin' up on a full moon. Looks as sooner rather than later. Tom

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Ah, ok. I was thinking the 9:11 PM BagDead time gets 'em after dark.

** Hey, anyone like or know where my Tag Line came from....?????

[Centurion2000]

** Hey, anyone like or know where my Tag Line came from....?????

Sure, why the hell not :)

[Archangelsk]

This fricken war is going to go nuclear. Once Saddam deploys his WMDs our response - stated countless times, played in thousands of CPXs, and part of our national doctrine - is the immediate deployment of tactical and strategic nuclear weapons. God save our souls if it comes to this.

[Libertina]

But, but...but saddam doesn't HAVE chemical weapons and Richard Butler agrees!! P.S. to Hands-off Blix: UN-Fortune cookie says now is not a propitious time for travel.

[Centurion2000]

This fricken war is going to go nuclear.

Yep .....

The first the A-bomb was dropped the response was
"My God, what have we done."

The next one dropped by us will be accompanied by the quote
"It's about d*mned time."

Let the Red Horseman Ride.

[Brandybux]

This fricken war is going to go nuclear.

There's two ways this will happen:

1. Saddam hits us with bio/chem weapons, or takes steps to do so in a way that allows us to know ahead of time. Then expect tactical nukes, probably all over the place. If you're gonna get doo doo thrung atcha for one, you might as well unload a lot of them.

2. Saddam hits Israel with bio/chem weapons. Then you're looking at Israel retaliating with strategic (not tactical) nukes.

It's this last one that has the potential to get Exceedingly Out of Hand. Can you imagine what is going to happen within the Arab world if Israel nukes Baghdad? Again, if Israel sees a sea of doo doo rising against them for this, they might just say, "Hey, let's be sure we really get the full benefit of this sort of thing," and nuke Damascas and Riyadh in the bargain.

[Fury]

This fricken war is going to go nuclear. Once Saddam deploys his WMDs our response - stated countless times, played in thousands of CPXs, and part of our national doctrine - is the immediate deployment of tactical and strategic nuclear weapons. God save our souls if it comes to this.

Certainly any sort of nuclear response would change the world as we know it , and I do not mean in warheads being lobbed at whoever, although in such a tense period, there may be the often described "fog of war" that could lead to unintended consequences.

Use of nuclear weapons by any state minimizes the deterrent value of such weapons. Once they are used, the current high threshold for use would be lowered considerably for some time.

This is not to say that Hussein will launch a chemical attack. Launching such an attack would certainly be meant with a response that could be overwhelming and indeed not be nuclear.

I believe what Hussein is doing is introducing the variable that if WMD are employed by Iraq, they will have been done so by theatre commanders and not him. However, most people will not be willing to make such a distinction and would quite reasonably conclude that any use of WMD by Iraq is a use authorized by Saddam Hussein. It's not unreasonable to state that Hussein, although a shrewd leader in some aspects, has erred in the past in regards to past decison-making.

There are elements within Iraq that if given the opportunity, would most likely remove Hussein by authority. What can be hoped for is that these elements can do what they can to remove Hussein from authority in Iraq. Barring that, it may be that fanatical followers of Hussein would have no qualms about participating in the use of WMD. In their minds, they may justify such use by Allied Forces crossing into Iraq, in effect, "invading" Iraq from their perspective.

[Archangelsk]

There's two ways this will happen:

The problem, as I see it, is that once the nuclear genie is released it's damn tough to stuff it back into its aluminum bottle. Thus, India, Pakistan, North Korea are put into play. Saddam is ruthless enough to start this cascading effect and I imagine a lot of bright and intelligent minds are trying to crack this nut right now.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

This was also reported on 'The Savage Nation'.

I think that Saddam wants Baghdad to get nuked. I think that his plan is to survive a nuclear attack deep in a bunker, emerge later crying martyrdom for his dead people, and then rally the entire muslim world to do terrorist attacks against big bad America the big bully of the world who nukes muslims.

[BBT]

You Did????? OMG, THANK YOU!!!!! I wanted to do that, sooooooooo bad!

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

"This fricken war is going to go nuclear. "

I wanna say it too.

This fricken war is going nuclear. Period.

Cross your t's & dot your i's.

Fellow FReepers, Be prepared in your lives.

[cinFLA]

but I'm sorry to hear about your friend's nephew going.

Don't be. He is raring to go.