Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Report: U.S suspects Iraqi WMD in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley
Drudge via World Tribune ^ | Monday, August 25, 2003

Posted on 08/25/2003 12:12:28 PM PDT by RoughDobermann

U.S. intelligence suspects Iraq's weapons of mass destruction have finally been located.

Unfortunately, getting to them will be nearly impossible for the United States and its allies, because the containers with the strategic materials are not in Iraq.

Instead they are located in Lebanon's heavily-fortified Bekaa Valley, swarming with Iranian and Syrian forces, and Hizbullah and ex-Iraqi agents, Geostrategy-Direct.com will report in tomorrow's new weekly edition.

U.S. intelligence first identified a stream of tractor-trailer trucks moving from Iraq to Syria to Lebaon in January 2003. The significance of this sighting did not register on the CIA at the time.

U.S. intelligence sources believe the area contains extended-range Scud-based missiles and parts for chemical and biological warheads.

Mutually-lucrative Iraqi-Syrian arms transactions are nothing new. Firas Tlas, son of Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlas, has been the key to Syria's rogue alliance with Iraq. He and Assad made hundreds of millions of dollars selling weapons, oil and drugs to and from Iraq, according to the May 13, 2003 edition of Geostrategy-Direct.com.

The CIA now believes a multi-million dollar deal between Iraq and Syria provided for the hiding and safekeeping of Saddam's strategic weapons.

Not surprisingly, U.S. inquiries in Beirut and Syria are being met with little substantive response, U.S. officials said.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bekaa; bekaavalley; iraq; israel; lebanon; mohammedanism082003; saddam; syria; wmd; wot
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 241-256 next last

1 posted on 08/25/2003 12:12:29 PM PDT by RoughDobermann
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: RoughDobermann
MOAB bump!
2 posted on 08/25/2003 12:13:53 PM PDT by labowski
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RoughDobermann
In time, the truth will out...
3 posted on 08/25/2003 12:14:44 PM PDT by eureka! (Rats and Presstitutes lie--they have to in order to survive.....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RoughDobermann

4 posted on 08/25/2003 12:14:57 PM PDT by Quilla
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: eureka!
Patience is required.
5 posted on 08/25/2003 12:17:30 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: RoughDobermann; JohnGalt; sheltonmac; Burkeman1
U.S. intelligence first identified a stream of tractor-trailer trucks moving from Iraq to Syria to Lebaon in January 2003. The significance of this sighting did not register on the CIA at the time.

LOL!! I guess the rhetoric for Project Bomb Syria wasn't going over very well lately. What to do, what to do? I know, they've got WMDs!!! Personally I figured they were going to be in Iran next...

6 posted on 08/25/2003 12:17:50 PM PDT by billbears (Deo Vindice)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RoughDobermann
U.S. intelligence first identified a stream of tractor-trailer trucks moving from Iraq to Syria to Lebaon in January 2003. The significance of this sighting did not register on the CIA at the time.

Yeah, sure it didn't...

7 posted on 08/25/2003 12:17:51 PM PDT by RoughDobermann (Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: labowski
Agreed. Lob a MOAB or Three into the valley and see what blowed up!
8 posted on 08/25/2003 12:18:37 PM PDT by b4its2late (Hoping this gets me on the Taglinus FreeRepublicus (21th Edition) list!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: RoughDobermann
"Unfortunately, getting to them will be nearly impossible for the United States and its allies,..."

Gee... I wonder if we have a friend in that area that would have no qualms about taking them out ?
9 posted on 08/25/2003 12:19:31 PM PDT by RS (nc)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RoughDobermann
Actually, DEBKA claimed this a few months ago.
10 posted on 08/25/2003 12:19:43 PM PDT by swarthyguy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: swarthyguy
Actually, DEBKA claimed this a few months ago

You know the old saying about a stopped clock, right? ;-)

11 posted on 08/25/2003 12:20:36 PM PDT by RoughDobermann (Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: RoughDobermann
getting to them will be nearly impossible for the United States

And why is that?

12 posted on 08/25/2003 12:20:46 PM PDT by Semper Paratus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RoughDobermann
THe signifigence didn't register??

Why hasn't Bush seriously overhauled the CIA?

What did they think those guys were hauling. Three years worth of Islamic Jihad Keg Party Fodder? Our intelligence agencies, whether run by Dems or GOPers, are apallingly bad. They spy worse than I spell.
13 posted on 08/25/2003 12:21:03 PM PDT by .cnI redruM (Nothing Is More Vile Than A BLowhard With Halitosis! - redruM)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RoughDobermann
"Unfortunately, getting to them will be nearly impossible for the United States and its allies, because the containers with the strategic materials are not in Iraq."

Faulty logic here, methinks. If we become very SURE that is where the materiel was secreted to, I think we'll get to them easily.

"U.S. intelligence first identified a stream of tractor-trailer trucks moving from Iraq to Syria to Lebaon in January 2003. The significance of this sighting did not register on the CIA at the time."

In the post-9/11 world as of January of 2003, and the CIA didn't think this was significant? Not bloody likely.

"U.S. intelligence sources believe the area contains
The CIA now believes a multi-million dollar deal between Iraq and Syria provided for the hiding and safekeeping of Saddam's strategic weapons."

If true, Syria should duck and cover.
14 posted on 08/25/2003 12:21:09 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RoughDobermann
U.S. intelligence first identified a stream of tractor-trailer trucks moving from Iraq to Syria to Lebaon in January 2003. The significance of this sighting did not register on the CIA at the time.

I find that hard to believe.I think we knew early on they were moving this stuff out.

15 posted on 08/25/2003 12:21:22 PM PDT by finnman69 (!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: finnman69
LOL! See 7.
16 posted on 08/25/2003 12:22:02 PM PDT by RoughDobermann (Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: finnman69
of course we knew, we just waited and watched till they went to the place where the really really bad guys congregate. Now we will see what we are made of.
17 posted on 08/25/2003 12:23:58 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: finnman69
If I was a battlefield commander, I would be pretty pleased to know that such stuff was being trucked at least a little to the outskirts of the theatre. And Saddam probably thought we wouldn't have the stones to go after it all in a country other than Iraq.

This last point may have been a wee miscalculation...
18 posted on 08/25/2003 12:24:15 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: billbears
whatever,,
19 posted on 08/25/2003 12:24:43 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Frank_Discussion
they should do more than duck and cover
they may need to leave the area completely
nuclear waste takes a long time to disapate

Big Bang Bump.....
20 posted on 08/25/2003 12:24:46 PM PDT by vin-one (I wish i had something clever to put in this tag)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 241-256 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson