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| Dr. Kay Had Maps with Coordinates of WMD Hiding Places in Syria |
| 2004-02-02 |
| EFL ...In the last 24 hours, DEBKAfile went back to its most reliable intelligence sources in the US and the Middle East, some of whom were actively involved in the subject before and during the Iraq war. They all stuck to their guns. As they have consistently informed DEBKAfile and DEBKA-Net-Weekly, Saddam Hussein’s unconventional weapons programs were present on the eve of the American-led invasion and quantities of forbidden materials were spirited out to Syria. Whatever Dr. Kay may choose to say now, at least one of these sources knows at first hand that the former ISG director received dates, types of vehicles and destinations covering the transfers of Iraqi WMD to Syria. Indeed the US administration and its intelligence agencies, as well as Dr Kay, were all provided with Syrian maps marked with the coordinates of the secret weapons storage sites. The largest one is located at Qaratshuk at the heart of a desolate and unfrequented region edged with marshes, south of the Syrian town of Al Qamishli near the place where the Iraqi, Syrian and Turkish frontiers converge; smaller quantities are hidden in the vast plain between Al Qamishli and Az Zawr, and a third is under the ground of the Lebanese Beqaa Valley on the Syrian border. These transfers were first revealed by DEBKAfile and DEBKA-Net-Weekly in February 2003 a month before the war. We also discovered that a Syrian engineering corps unit was detailed to dig their hiding places in northern Syria and the Lebanese Beqaa. |
| Posted by:Yosemite Sam |
| #7 Kay's report makes it a zero sum politically to got for the 'blue ribbon committee' route. If something turns up in Syria and the administration is seen to have done something to find it, this becomes a 'win politically. Not going the blue ribbon committee route is a net loss politically. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-2-2 4:23:43 PM |
| #6 Why would they send whats-his-name to Africa to sip mint tea and talk to nobodies about Iraq's attempts to buy uranium? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-2-2 2:51:19 PM |
| #5 So, after reading the Ladeen article, why on Earth would the CIA sandbag their own WMD investigation and take all the insults of incompetence? |
| Posted by: Daniel King 2004-2-2 2:04:40 PM |
| #4 Here's the NRO Link I agree - there must be WAY more to this than meets the eye. I can only guess they've been burned enough that they're waiting until they have (more/better) smoking guns. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-2-2 1:35:58 PM |
| #3 The link did not work. The column is from NRO 02/02/2004 |
| Posted by: Barry 2004-2-2 12:35:35 PM |
| #2 Read this by Michael Ladeen I'm skeptical of the current WMD story. |
| Posted by: Barry 2004-2-2 12:31:56 PM |
| #1 We (i.e. the US) have to know more than what's being said. Especially with the Satellite Intel showing container trucks heading over the border. So why, IMO, is the Administration holding back and taking all the "no WMD's" lumps? |
| Posted by: Daniel King 2004-2-2 12:20:23 PM |