so where are the WMD.

destroyed in 95 huh? well amazing these "destroyed" weapons have already been in the aire during this most recent engagement. and can you account for the "gas suits, and atropine vials" found yesterday in the oil fields?

 

In the world of intelligence gathering, eight year old data, like last week's lottery numbers, is totally useless and irrelevent.

See Ya,

Darrin Talbott

 

like most of intelligence given to the UN weapon inspectors by the US....

the US was the one who couldn't find the chemical factory!!!

 

I didn't think the U.S. was looking prior to a week ago.

See Ya,

Darrin Talbott

 

...probably looking even harder...since they would be targets...

UN weapon inspectors frustrated by bad intelligence...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/18/iraq/main537096.shtml

 

I can't find it, but wasn't there a story on the probability of the U.N. inspector teams leaking info to the Iraqs on where they would be looking?

See Ya,

Darrin Talbott

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002-12-22-us-iraq_x.htm

This is the closest I could find.

See Ya,

Darrin Talbott

 

The statement "Kamel's testimony is not, of course, proof that Iraq does not have hidden stocks of chemical or biological weapons..." is in itself a invalid and non-sensical one.

How would one ever prove that that Iraq did not have hidden wepons?? There can be no such proof - ever. You cannot prove that something by its very defination can't be seen, does not exist.

 

until you find them.


canucks.

 

Nooooooooooooo that's proving they do exist. Prove they do not exist.

 

Don't worry, they'll show up...
as soon as we march into the capital and plant some there to cover our asses.

 

I agree 100% that there is a probability they still exist.

Now lets see, Hussen is faced with a certain invasion of Iraq.

What to do, what to do......

Most likely he gave the wepons to some off-the-nut terrorist group. The next time you see them, will be when they are used against a civilian population in the US or Isreal,....

Assuming Hussein survives the war, he can say look no WMD's here!!!!

 

Prove that proving they do not exist can't be proven.

 

Hell, there is supposed to be TONS of the stuff. That's enough to parcel out to terrorists for years and still pop lots on whoever comes knocking on Baghdad.

I'm starting to forget what your point is.... that we shouldn't invade? Been there, done that.

Or just that we shouldn't find anything?

 

Bullshit.

It is ridiculous to suggest that, without even being formally asked, Iraq secretly destroyed all WMDs (that it has since admitted to having), but forgot to keep proof.

In APril 1991, resolution 687 asked them to disarm under international supervision.

Since then, why would they destroy anything without having UN inspectors watch, document and verify the whole procedure?

And IMO, someone who is willing to gas his citizens and go to war with a superpower is not likely to fret over WMDs being discovered. So its equally unlikely he gave them away.

 

Robert, easy there - I was talking the samantics of the statement.

IMO - his mindset will be, its better to give them away and have them used against common enemies than to have them confiscated.

 

an excerp from a yahoonews story:

....a U.S. official involved in military planning and intelligence said Iraqi troops have been spotted between U.S. and Iraqi lines wearing full chemical protection suits and unloading 50- gallon drums from trucks....

Also heard mention of it on Fox news, CNN, the local news, and on NPR.

Continue on with your debate on whether they exist or not....

You want to read the story it's linked below:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...p/20030328/ap_on_re_mi_ea/war_us_military_294

 

No, Davey. The Iraqis have no chemical weapons. Atomic told us so!

 

Gawd Damn, you're right. Boy is my face red.

I'd better call the news outlets to tell them they're wrong.