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Powell did not know about the drone discovery when he addressed UN SC
MSNBC | 3/8/03 | self

Posted on 03/08/2003 3:56:36 PM PST by snooker

MSNBC just had a short clip about the Iraqi drone that the London Times wrote about. It seems that...

the copy of the classified UN document that Powell was reading from when he gave his SC talk did not include the pages referring to the chemical spraying drone that the UN had recently discovered.

Blix said the copy Powell had was only a draft.

Yeah right. Both the draft and Blix's speech overlooked one of the most significant discoveries by the inspectors. Iraq has an previously unknow program to develop chemical srpaying drones.

As far as I am concerned Blix should quit now. He stacked the deck at a critical time.

snooker


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KEYWORDS: chemical; drone; iraq
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To: Dog; A Citizen Reporter; ABG(anybody but Gore); acnielsen guy; Angelwood; arazitjh; b4its2late; ...
The latest Blix outrage...
61 posted on 03/08/2003 4:33:41 PM PST by Molly Pitcher (Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow....)
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To: Howlin
No kidding.
62 posted on 03/08/2003 4:33:51 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Not one more American Taxpayer Dollar for the U.N.)
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To: Howlin
Even though I don't have any evidence it does make you wonder if an unknown someone is paying Blix off doesn't it?
63 posted on 03/08/2003 4:34:06 PM PST by marajade
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To: Howlin
Do you think our media will report this? I've seen nothing other than on Drudge and what is reported here? Of course, with Powell appearing tomorrow morning on TV, that might help. Is he going to be on any other shows other than Fox?
64 posted on 03/08/2003 4:34:11 PM PST by Laverne
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To: Dog Gone; OldFriend
You're right, we probably won't see any more reports from Blix.

But we're going to hear a lot of stuff between now and Tuesday, I just bet.

And it's not going to be good for Buttboy Blix.
65 posted on 03/08/2003 4:34:48 PM PST by Howlin (Only UNamericans put the UN before America!)
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To: Dog Gone
A decade earlier, on August 6, 1991, the Washington Post ran a story headlined "Baghdad Surreptitiously Extracted Plutonium; International Monitoring Apparently Failed." The story, and several subsequent reports, revealed that Saddam had put together a massive and sophisticated nuclear-weapons program virtually under the nose of one Hans Blix, who was then head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the group charged with monitoring compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. In the years leading up to 1991, Blix gave Saddam high marks for abiding by the treaty; the nuclear program was discovered in 1991 only after an Iraqi defector told authorities about it. Blix was stunned. "The system was not designed to pick this up," he told the Post.
66 posted on 03/08/2003 4:34:50 PM PST by scooby321
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To: CatOwner
Tony Snow will have one guest in the morning...SOS Powell
67 posted on 03/08/2003 4:34:52 PM PST by Kahuna
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To: Mo1; Catspaw; Amelia
You're right, Cat; livid doesn't even come CLOSE to describing what I'm thinking right now.
68 posted on 03/08/2003 4:35:40 PM PST by Howlin (Only UNamericans put the UN before America!)
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To: Laverne; reformedliberal
All hell should break loose because of this.
69 posted on 03/08/2003 4:36:27 PM PST by Howlin (Only UNamericans put the UN before America!)
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To: Kahuna
Gotcha! I misread your post and thought that Powell had already appeared on Fox today. Sounds like it will be tomorrow morning. Thanks!
70 posted on 03/08/2003 4:37:01 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: Sparky760
"Blix is manipulating the facts to support his own agenda"

The guy's a lawyer, what do you expect? I've said it before and I'll say it again...he can't be trusted.

71 posted on 03/08/2003 4:37:10 PM PST by mass55th
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To: Molly Pitcher; Dog; Howlin; EternalVigilance
This doesn't surprise me. It goes right along with that other guy saying that Niger wasn't selling Saddam uranium, and that those tubes were for missiles, not uranium enrichment.

We are quite adept at recognizing this style, which calls for denial, obfuscation, and when finally caught, telling one's accusers that what they see isn't really there.

We saw it for eight long years during the Clinton administration.

72 posted on 03/08/2003 4:37:54 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: guitfiddlist
Your post #37 is so dead on it deserves repeating:

Game Over. This should be the "Tilt" on this silly UN pinball game. Powell should go on record and state that the day that UNMOVIC lies to the Security Council, is the day that it loses all credibility and can no longer be trusted to determine ANYTHING regarding disarmament in Iraq.

He should then go on to state that there are 250,000 disarmament inspectors ready to go in, each of which have far more honor, integrity and motivation than the Chief UN Inspector, and that UNMOVIC is hereby advised to immediately evacuate, and not set foot in Iraq again.

Let's quit screwing around with this farce.

73 posted on 03/08/2003 4:38:04 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Not one more American Taxpayer Dollar for the U.N.)
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To: CatOwner
sorry cat..way=may....Hawaiian skools strike again!
74 posted on 03/08/2003 4:38:11 PM PST by Kahuna
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To: EternalVigilance
Totally amazing, when you consider that they have been saying our intelligence is faulty, and they dismiss it out of hand.

Becki

75 posted on 03/08/2003 4:38:46 PM PST by Becki (Pray continually for our leaders and our troops!)
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To: Howlin
livid doesn't even come CLOSE to describing what I'm thinking right now.

EXACTLY .. but not informing us of these things .. Blix is no different then Saddam himself

GET HIM OUT!!

76 posted on 03/08/2003 4:38:56 PM PST by Mo1 (RALLY FOR AMERICA - VALLEY FORGE,PA MARCH 16, 2003 1:00 PM)
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To: Howlin
I wonder if Powell and Straw will be at the UN when the vote on our resolution is brought up at the security council. If they are, I want to see their speeches. I do know that Tony Snow tomorrow is MUST-SEE TV. I want to see what kind of language Powell uses, and it better not be that mealy-mouthed diplomatic language, either.
77 posted on 03/08/2003 4:39:07 PM PST by Catspaw
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To: Howlin
I sure as hell hope so. Once again, Pres Bush and his team expose the UN for what it is, Blix and Anan need to be called on the table for this, not just by Powell and Straw, but by Bush and Blair as well.
78 posted on 03/08/2003 4:39:25 PM PST by Laverne
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To: anniegetyourgun
Gawd, I am just furious. As far as I'm concerned, Hans Blix can be held accountable for every single American life that is lost in Iraq.

Everybody PLEASE watch this tonight: Why Can't They Kill Saddam? on The History Channel!!!


79 posted on 03/08/2003 4:39:40 PM PST by Howlin (Only UNamericans put the UN before America!)
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To: Mo1; Howlin
It's not just Hypocrisy ... Blix KNOWS we will be going in and he STILL does not let us know what our troops are walking into

I wonder how much Blix could have been bought for? Scott Ritter went for about $400K.

80 posted on 03/08/2003 4:40:09 PM PST by texasbluebell
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