Missile R Us
Amman Jordan
(Magoo's Universe, UK Geocities)
Hans Blix inspects fuel processors
which he says are infant formula vats.
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| Iraq-Jordan |
| UN experts find evidence of WMD |
| 2004-06-10 |
| UN weapons experts have found 20 engines used in Iraq's banned Al Samoud 2 missiles in a Jordanian scrap yard, along with other equipment that could be used to produce weapons of mass destruction. Acting chief UN inspector Demetrius Perricos disclosed the discovery today in a closed-door briefing to the UN Security Council. According to the text of his presentation, Perricos said a similar missile engine had been found in a scrap yard in the Dutch port of Rotterdam, while a request had been made to Turkey, which has also received scrap metal from Iraq. The discoveries raise questions about the fate of material and equipment that could be used to produce biological and chemical weapons as well as banned long-range missiles. Perricos said UN inspectors do not how much material has been removed from Iraq since the war began in March 2003, and suggested the interim government may want to reconsider "the whole policy for the continued export of metal scrap" once it assumes power on June 30. "The only controls at the borders are for the weight of the scrap metal, and to check whether there are any explosive or radioactive materials within the scrap," he said, according to the text of his briefing. Afterwards, he told reporters that up to a thousand tons of scrap metal was leaving Iraq every day. Perricos told the council that UN experts visited "relevant scrap yards" in Jordan and discovered 20 SA-2 missile engines, which are used in Al Samoud 2 missiles. His report did not specify the condition of the engines, or whether they were damaged. The UN team also discovered some processing equipment with UN tags - which show it was being monitored - including chemical reactors, heat exchangers, and a solid propellant mixer bowl to make missile fuel, he said. It also discovered "a large number of other processing equipment without tags, in very good condition." The UN inspectors in Jordan were told that "brand new material like stainless steel and special alloy sheets" was being sent out of Iraq, he said. At today's closed council meeting, UN diplomats said many members expressed concern about items missile engines and other material that had been monitored by UN inspectors ending up in foreign scrap yards including Algeria, Brazil, Germany, France, Chile, Spain, Russia and China. |
| Posted by:BigMutha |
| #11 All true Silentbrick, plus those 4 hour UN lunch breaks on 42nd Street! |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-06-18 1:57:39 AM |
| #10 Now, assuming these guys in the UN can actually read a map is a pretty large assumption. Reading maps interferes with their quality time being stoned and frolicking with child prostitutes from countries the blue-hats are 'protecting'. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2004-06-18 1:22:10 AM |
| #9 (Saddam's 'missing' WMD) Would it be possible for someone to walk over to the UN building and show someone in charge a map of Syria ...? |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-06-18 1:19:05 AM |
| #8 Dang! I guess 14 months was enough time for old Sadaam to give away the WMD and the tools to make and deliver them! What a surprise! brings up the question of not why are there now WMD in Iraq, but where did they go, and who has them now? Can you see Dan Blather asking that on the nightly News? Instead we are gonna get a dose of Micheal Moore and Bill Clinton with the latest "Documentaries" featured as real "news". |
| Posted by: painterdave 2004-06-10 11:56:48 PM |
| #7 Hey, UN boys. Syria's in the neighborhood. Why don't you go poke around there and see what you find? That is what you're trying to do, right? Right? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-06-10 9:10:33 PM |
| #6 Okay! All we need to do is publish the fact that the U.N. also has/had satellite pictures of said weapons, intact, before March 2003. I am satisfied to have stopped the killing of innocent Iraqis with or without WMDs - they were not the only reason for going in. |
| Posted by: Don Mohr 2004-06-10 8:07:58 PM |
| #5 Iraq: Ability to produce WMD: check! Ability to deliver WMD: check! Justification to to remove these: ch-ch-check! |
| Posted by: BigMutha 2004-06-10 5:19:06 PM |
| #4 Send Inquiries to: Missile R Us Amman Jordan (Magoo's Universe, UK Geocities) Hans Blix inspects fuel processors which he says are infant formula vats. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-10 5:15:41 PM |
| #3 It does mention "special alloy sheets"...though no specifics. My red flag is that if the UN flunkies are concerned, then we may actually have something here. I'm sure CBS/ABC/NBC/CNN will have in-depth coverage of this important news...NOT! |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-06-10 4:34:51 PM |
| #2 I guess it depends on what the "large number of other processing equipment without tags, in very good condition." was for. |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-06-10 4:30:08 PM |
| #1 Sounds like they found evidence of banned weapons, not WMD. Both items were ordered destroyed under UNSC resolutions ending GW I. These missiles are like the ones Hans "Shitting" Blix and his boys were finding in Iraq before OIF. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-06-10 4:21:34 PM |