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| Inspectors find no proof Iraq hid weapons in Syria |
| 2005-04-27 |
| The U.S.-led group that scoured Iraq for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has found no evidence Iraq hid such weapons in Syria before the U.S. invasion in March 2003, according to a final report on the investigation. The 1,700-member Iraq Survey Group (ISG), responsible for the weapons hunt, also said it found no Iraqi officials with direct knowledge of a transfer of WMD developed by former President Saddam Hussein. The report is the final addendum to the investigators' September report that concluded prewar Iraq had no WMD stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons and that its nuclear program had decayed before the U.S.-led invasion. The Iraq Survey Group, led by CIA special adviser Charles Duelfer, ended its physical searches for WMD last December. The new report posted on the CIA Web site said: "Based on evidence available it is unlikely that an official transfer of WMD material from Iraq to Syria took place. However ISG was unable to rule out unofficial movement of limited WMD-related materials." It said investigators "found no senior policy, program or intelligence officials who admitted any direct knowledge of such movement of WMD. Indeed, they uniformly denied any knowledge of residual WMD that have been secreted to Syria," the report said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 'd feel better if it were DIA doing this. I'm with OS. I'd much sooner rely on the Department of Indian Affairs than the Central Intelligence Agency. If it is not in an electronic intercept or satellite image, the CIA could not find it if it was as big as a Chinese embassy. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-04-27 12:24:17 PM |
| #4 "...no evidence Iraq hid such weapons in Syria before the U.S. invasion..." On the other hand, Syria hiding such weapons in Lebanon after the U.S. invasion began -- that's another story. "...found no Iraqi officials with direct knowledge of a transfer of WMD..." The Sunni Triangle is still awash in beheaders, bullets, and IEDs -- who's gonna spill the beans now? |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-04-27 9:03:49 AM |
| #3 "We didn't find one receipt to document the transfer". |
| Posted by: Brett 2005-04-27 8:43:44 AM |
| #2 Words to the wise: cum grano salis (magnus) I'd feel better if it were DIA doing this. The CIA has bitten the weenie way too many times to trust their work without DoD corroboration anymore. And nevermind the Syrian nerve agent in Sudan. It didnt happen, because the CIA says so. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-04-27 12:57:45 AM |
| #1 Of course not. These aren't the WMD's you're looking for. You don't need to see his identification. He can move along now. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-04-27 12:01:58 AM |