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IRAQ: OOPS! WE HAVE A BIO BOMB
New York Post ^ | 2/26/03 | BRIAN BLOMQUIST and DEBORAH ORIN

Posted on 02/26/2003 2:20:57 AM PST by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:12:17 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

February 26, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - Iraq yesterday claimed it suddenly found a biogerm bomb. U.N. weapons inspectors hailed that as "cooperation," but President Bush said Saddam Hussein is just trying "to fool the world one more time."

The United States notes the R-400 biogerm bomb Iraq declared is one of 400 it was known to have in the 1990s. The rest are unaccounted for at present. Until now, Iraq has claimed it had no chemical or biological weapons.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biogermbomb; warlist

1 posted on 02/26/2003 2:20:57 AM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
It's amazing what half the US military on his border will make him do. If the UN is impressed now, imagine how impressed they will be when it's over.

However, I would not expect this to be a lightning quick war. It will take at least two weeks of bombing raids for starters. There might be delays as we arm freedom fighters. And, unless we are ready for everything he has, it would be insane to march straight into Bagdhad right away. Cutting off Bagdhad from the rest of the country would make more sense. Then let it wither on the vine.
2 posted on 02/26/2003 2:33:47 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (LIBERTY or DEATH!)
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To: kattracks
Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said Iraq [...] reported finding two R-400 aerial bombs "including one that was likely to be filled with biological stuff."

"Stuff"? Blix said the word "stuff"? Dr. Blix??

3 posted on 02/26/2003 3:33:17 AM PST by Int
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
I'm not so sure, there's a great article today that discusses a more "surgical" type of attack :-) Who knows at this point?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/852100/posts
4 posted on 02/26/2003 4:26:33 AM PST by Tamzee (There are 10 types of people... those who read binary, and those who don't.)
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To: kattracks
A blind pig sometimes finds an acorn.
5 posted on 02/26/2003 4:27:12 AM PST by retiredtexan
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
It will take at least two weeks of bombing raids for starters. There might be delays as we arm freedom fighters. And, unless we are ready for everything he has, it would be insane to march straight into Bagdhad right away. Cutting off Bagdhad from the rest of the country would make more sense. Then let it wither on the vine.

It would be preferable to do it like that, but I doubt we will. I predict tanks rolling within two days of bombing. I think we will have to go straight for Bagdhad as well. Saddam is reportedly planning to trap a few million of his own people in Baghdad, surrounding it with a ring of oily chemical agent. We'll have to move in and prevent that. Saddam wants us to nuke Baghdad, making us responsible for the deaths of millions. We're going to have to get in there and take the casualties, I'm afraid.

6 posted on 02/26/2003 4:33:00 AM PST by Stultis
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To: *war_list
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7 posted on 02/26/2003 4:39:28 AM PST by Free the USA (Stooge for the Rich)
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To: kattracks
U.N. weapons inspectors hailed that as "cooperation," but President Bush said Saddam Hussein is just trying "to fool the world one more time." The United States notes the R-400 biogerm bomb Iraq declared is one of 400 it was known to have in the 1990s. The rest are unaccounted for at present.

I know I'm preaching to the choir, but this stuff boggles my mind.
We know he had 400 of these.
After months of inspections, the UN has found (it's not their job to FIND) exactly 1 bomb.
No one knows where the other 399 bombs are.
And the UN says this is COOPERATION?!

I say evacuate the UN building in NYC, bring in demoliton experts, and implode that sucker. Then we can turn our attention to Iraq.

8 posted on 02/26/2003 4:42:46 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Int
Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said Iraq [...] reported finding two R-400 aerial bombs "including one that was likely to be filled with biological stuff."

"Stuff"? Blix said the word "stuff"? Dr. Blix??

Dr. Blix went on to say, "Iraq is, like, so trying to cooperate."

9 posted on 02/26/2003 5:15:50 AM PST by 11th Earl of Mar (TheCubsWinTheWorldSeries)
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
What-ever!
10 posted on 02/26/2003 5:28:43 AM PST by TankerKC (What's with the sudden influx of racist punks on FR?)
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
Saddam is showing us that he has these weapons to use if need be while at the same time, his minions here are denying their existence.
11 posted on 02/26/2003 5:33:11 AM PST by AppyPappy (Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.)
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To: Int
'Stuff' is a scientific term that is used when the scientist is trying to explain something about which he has no clue......
12 posted on 02/26/2003 5:36:23 AM PST by eeriegeno
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To: AppyPappy
Shocked I say, Shocked!
13 posted on 02/26/2003 5:37:07 AM PST by toothless (I AM A MAN)
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To: kattracks
It's amazing what half the US military on his border will make him do.

Agreed. Part of me has a sneaking suspicion that GWB is not so much rattling the sabre of the US Military...but placing the point of the sabre at Saddam's throat while applying gentle pressure...counting on Saddam's cowardice and desire to hold on to power to force him to comply.

It may not be necessary for our forces to go in at all and I suspect that the our President may have had this planned all along. It would be a win/win situation.

14 posted on 02/26/2003 5:44:46 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Nous sommes du soleil.)
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To: kattracks
OH NO- the dreaded Iraqi "Stuff" bomb. Those are the worst! Thank God there's only one and that the valiant weapons inspectors found it.
15 posted on 02/26/2003 6:05:34 AM PST by foolscap
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To: kattracks
I thought that there wasn't a smoking gun.
What is this?
A smoking bullet?
16 posted on 02/26/2003 6:11:57 AM PST by vannrox (The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
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To: kattracks
For some fun...

http://www.madblast.com/funflash/swf/war_on_terror.swf
17 posted on 02/26/2003 6:27:51 AM PST by TheBattman
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To: kattracks
OK.

"Stuff" means what?

What is the "germ" in the weapon?
18 posted on 02/26/2003 7:39:38 AM PST by bonesmccoy (Defeat the terrorists... Vaccinate!)
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