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Third Infantry Finds Chemical Weapons
CBN News ^
| March 26, 2003
| Paul Strand CBN News War Correspondent
Posted on 03/26/2003 12:45:20 PM PST by Freedomsfriend
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To: Orlando
We will not confirm their presence while we are fighting their army. If we confirm them and show them to the world, there's then absolutely no reason for the Iraqis to hold back on using them. The Iraqis want the doubt to remain -- because they are still playing for a political settlement through the U.N. (they have no chance, but that's not what they think). Then, with the doubt, and with a "failed" invasion, the Iraqis can continue to try and claim the political high ground and go back to their games. That is what the Iraqis are thinking.
We want the doubt to remain, because it will keep the Iraqis playing that game -- because if the doubt is gone, then the Iraqis might as well just fire them off. We would rather they hold them for us to capture suddenly, rather than take away any reason for them not to use them.
To: Freedomsfriend
Poootie, answer your phone.
snooker
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posted on
03/26/2003 1:15:03 PM PST
by
snooker
To: Vic3O3; cavtrooper21
Waiting for confirmation on this one....
Semper Fi
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posted on
03/26/2003 1:15:05 PM PST
by
dd5339
(Lookout Texas here we come!)
To: Pres Raygun
Am I correct in assuming that you trust Saddam's word more than the word of a fundamentalist Christian or a Zionist Jew?BACK OFF JACKASS. Of course not. I'm making an obvious point that JP or CBN breaking this is better propaganda value for the Islamofascists than anything Saddam could hope for.
To: r9etb
He may be reporting a rumor, but he's right on the spot. The problem is, the reporter on the spot doesn't have the tools to know what's inside the thing. Even if its a real chemical warhead, it might be empty.
The other news outlets got burned when they reported finding a chemical plant the other day. They're not going to stick their necks out again.
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posted on
03/26/2003 1:15:30 PM PST
by
narby
(Ignorance is Blix)
To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
I expect that by tomorrow this story will be totally discredited or it will be FUBAR.
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posted on
03/26/2003 1:15:45 PM PST
by
oyez
(This country is too good for some people.....)
To: Freedomsfriend
Has there been confirmation of this story ?
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posted on
03/26/2003 1:15:58 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
To: Scott from the Left Coast
If we confirm them and show them to the world, there's then absolutely no reason for the Iraqis to hold back on using them. That's not necessarily true. If we reveal them, the tide of world opinion might swing a bit. That could make it more clear to RG commanders that using the stuff is a very bad idea.
To: finnman69
>>>whats CBN news?
Canadian Broadcasting News. The last guy you would think would report chemical weapons found. They are so left wing, they look like they are laying down when on-air.
snooker
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posted on
03/26/2003 1:16:31 PM PST
by
snooker
To: XJarhead
So taking this with a grain of salt doesn't mean that you find Saddam more credible than the reporter. Thanks. Semper Fidelis.
To: rumrunner
Wonder how soon the "testing" of these weapons will be completed?
To: bluecollarman
Why? Because he is a Christian, duh. < /sarcasm>
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posted on
03/26/2003 1:17:36 PM PST
by
smith288
(Visit my gallery http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/hollywood/hollywood.php)
To: merrin
But the correspondent is embedded with the 3rd ID, so maybe.... I think that's where Fox News Channel's Greg Kelly is as well. You'd think we'd hear it from them too. I'm skeptical.
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posted on
03/26/2003 1:17:38 PM PST
by
arasina
(PRAY for our troops, our president, our journalists, and the innocents!)
To: Freedomsfriend
The Iraqis are saying its the judgment of Allah upon the attackers. Are we finding any bright spots in it for the American troops? And when the skys suddenly clear up the Iraqis will say... "Oh, sh_t... Allah changed his mind. He now wants the coalition forces to wipe us out..."
That Allah thing and the weather can be tricky.
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posted on
03/26/2003 1:19:03 PM PST
by
69ConvertibleFirebird
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: snooker
Huh? CBN is Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network.
To: arasina
Off the subject, but funny....
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police arrested two Nobel Peace Prize winners along with more than 30 other people protesting on Wednesday near the White House against the U.S.-led war against Iraq.
To: azhenfud
The UN is already that. Doesn't need this to be that.
To: N. Theknow
Wow, you're right! The strong winds blow from our troops back to Baghdad. Just who's side is Allah on in this?
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posted on
03/26/2003 1:20:34 PM PST
by
Reeses
To: concerned about politics
Jimmah and Coughy?
To: Freedomsfriend
What I just heard from a highly placed source here is that they've discovered, they've captured chemical warheads, they're Russian, they have Russian writing all over them and they are chemical warheads. So, bottom line - he didn't see these himself. He heard about it from some other guy (probably an officer eg "highly placed source.) And undoubtably the officer did not ID these warheads himself. He heard it from somebody else. Let's get realistic - if the shells had Russian writing, on what basis are they "chemical warheads"?
Yeah, these might be the smoking gun. Or they might just be plain old artillary shells provided by the Russians.
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