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[The Electrician]

The German government said Sunday it exaggerated the threat of Saddam Hussein's weapons programs in an internal report last year that claimed Iraq has smallpox stocks and could use them in germ warfare.

Reminiscent of the Clinton stooge who claimed under oath that he lied to his own diary. Sure, we can believe that...

[whadizit]

Therefore....who can ever believe a thing they say? WEASELS!!

[syriacus]

he Health Ministry said it drafted the statement in August to back up funding requests for the stockpiling of smallpox vaccine. But it denied that German intelligence has evidence of Iraqi smallpox stocks, contradicting the report's central assertion.

And when did they quit beating their wives?

[Clara Lou]

So, Germany admits that is has lied-- and cut off its proverbial nose to spite its face.

[McGavin999]

The questions the conservatives need to as is "Has the government actually acquired the smallpox vaccine?" If the answer is yes, then it's obvious that the government considered the threat credible. Why wasn't that shared with the people. If they didn't consider it a credible threat they would not have spent the peoples money to acquire the vaccine.

[Mo1]

The German government said Sunday it exaggerated the threat of Saddam Hussein's weapons programs in an internal report last year that claimed Iraq has smallpox stocks and could use them in germ warfare.

So basically they are admitting they are liers?

[WOSG]

Schroeder's Law on Bureacratic Report Bias:

Magnify a threat to secure funding, minimize a threat to prevent actual effective action to end the threat

[fightinJAG]

This reminds me of Joshua Whatzhisname in the Clinton administration who claimed that he lied to his diary!

[cake_crumb]

"Nonetheless, opposition leaders seized on the statement's publication in a Sunday newspaper to renew charges that Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's government was playing down the Iraqi threat in public to avoid undermining its anti-war stand."

That's the only reason I can think of. Especially since so many are asking why, if Saddam doesn't have these weapons and it's all about the US stealing his oil, are the leaders of the axis of weasles so worried Saddam may USE those weapons that he does not have??

However you boil the German governments statements, you come up with a lie. Logic is Gerhardt's enemy.

[OldFriend]

LOLOL more lying to one's diary ALERT!

[Red Dog #1]

I thought it was 2003, but it must be 1984 because the Ministry of Truth is hard at work.

[Lion's Cub]

Gee, I wonder how anyone found out about that report? *Smirk*

[ABrit]

The denial you quote is "The Health Ministry had no documented evidence", the charge was that the BND had evidence. The politco is very cleverly denying the wrong charge.

[a_Turk]

This sounds like it's the last nail in Schroeder's coffin..

[alrea]

"German intelligence has documented evidence that smallpox samples are stockpiled"

Peace a chance bump