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2003-03-13 Britain

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Posted by Steve White 2003-03-13 10:44 am|| || Front Page|| [11145 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The WP is reporting that the documents we have on Iraq's nuke capability may be falsified.

But vodkapundit links to a Safire article "A shipment of 20 tons of HTPB [a binding agent for solid-fuel missile engines], whose sale to Iraq is forbidden by U.N. resolutions and the oil-for-food agreement, left China in August 2002 in a 40-foot container. It arrived in the Syrian port of Tartus (fortified by the Knights Templar in 1183, and the Mediterranean terminus for an Iraqi oil pipeline today) and was received there by a trading company that was an intermediary for the Iraqi missile industry, the end user. The HTPB was then trucked across Syria to Iraq."

Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-13 00:50:42|| 2003-03-13 00:50:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Is there a bag limit? And is one limited as to weapons of choice?

Posted by Chuck 2003-03-13 09:31:23|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-03-13 09:31:23|| Front Page Top

#3 The French aren't good at much, but they are very good at pissing people off. Let's see how good they are at groveling when all this shit blows up in their face.

Posted by tu3031 2003-03-13 10:17:55|| 2003-03-13 10:17:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Sssh-h-h! Be vewy vewy quiet. I'm hunting weasels!

Damn! Good thing I wasn't drinking anything when I read that!

Posted by Ptah 2003-03-13 10:36:36|| 2003-03-13 10:36:36|| Front Page Top

#5 [The U.S. ambassador in Moscow warns Russia that] "building an anti-ballistic missile system would be at risk".

Help me on this one. Have we previously proposed sharing ABM technology with the Russians? Say it ain't so!

Posted by Tom 2003-03-13 11:18:08|| 2003-03-13 11:18:08|| Front Page Top

#6 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Thursday there may be no vote on a U.N. resolution authorizing war against Iraq in a clear sign that Washington fears it may not garner sufficient support.

"The options remain, go for a vote and see what members say or not go for a vote," he told a U.S. congressional committee. "All the options that you can imagine are before us and we will be examining them today, tomorrow and into the weekend."

President Bush is feverishly lobbying members of the U.N. Security Council, where Washington needs 9 votes and no dissent from the five veto-holding powers to pass a resolution that may pave the way to a war to disarm Iraq.

The resolution would give Iraq a few days to satisfy the sponsors that it was giving up all weapons of mass destruction and fully cooperating in their disposal.

The U.S. push to use military force against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has run into dramatic opposition from powers like Russia and France, which earlier this week said it would veto any such resolution.

In what may be a hint at some flexibility, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said France wanted to preserve Security Council unity and was open to all possibilities.

~~"except what the U.S. wants"~~

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-13 12:49:01|| 2003-03-13 12:49:01|| Front Page Top

#7 "de Villepin said France wanted to preserve Security Council unity and was open to all possibilities ~~of keeping Saddam in power~~"

Posted by RW 2003-03-13 13:08:29|| 2003-03-13 13:08:29|| Front Page Top

#8 France: TOTAL (FINAELF) Veto!

Posted by tcc 2003-03-13 18:05:42|| 2003-03-13 18:05:42|| Front Page Top

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