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2012-01-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Assad's fall could solve Iraqi weapons mystery

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Posted by 2012-01-23 05:02|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 The Survey Group could have found ICBM's and MIRV's and the MSM would only begrudgedly reported it because it would have made George's premises correct.

The DCI, Tenent, was adamant that WMD existed in Iraq and the yellow cake thing was proven to be true, although buried on an obscure page in the WaPo. I don't think Tenent would have been so sure of himself if there was not credible evidence that they existed.

That's the way it is. If it walked like a duck, and quacks like a duck, its generally a duck and Saddam certainly quacked like someone with a butt load of WMD.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2012-01-23 10:15|| 2012-01-23 10:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Russians helped Saddam move his stuff the first time and I'm sure they'll help Bashir move it again.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2012-01-23 10:21|| 2012-01-23 10:21|| Front Page Top

#3 If it isn't already being moved.

Posted by Pappy 2012-01-23 14:23|| 2012-01-23 14:23|| Front Page Top

#4 What say we drop some penetrators on the area and see what comes out?

Posted by mojo 2012-01-23 15:33|| 2012-01-23 15:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Mullah,
According to former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense John A. Shaw, "The short answer to the question of where the WMD Saddam bought from the Russians went was that they went to Syria and Lebanon. They were moved by Russian Spetsnaz units out of uniform, that were specifically sent to Iraq to move the weaponry and eradicate any evidence of its existence." See here.

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2012-01-23 15:38|| 2012-01-23 15:38|| Front Page Top

#6 "a new, secular democracy in Syria"

Dream on

Posted by European Conservative 2012-01-23 17:59|| 2012-01-23 17:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Based on what's happened in the rest of the Mideast (Egypt, Tunisia, and probably Libya), the chance of a new secular democracy in Syria seems kind of slim.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2012-01-23 19:12|| 2012-01-23 19:12|| Front Page Top

#8 WMDS, i.e. BioWar + ChemWar etc.. were found in Iraq. + evidence of budding covert NucProg - WHAT HAS NOT BEEN FOUND ARE FULLY ASSEMBLED, WORKING NUCLEAR BOMBS + WARHEADS ["Dirty",
Uranium, Hydrogen, Plutonium] WHICH IS WHAT THE CRITICS + MSM REALLY MEANT BY THE PDENIABLE LABEL "WMDS".

[FRENCH + RUSSIAN, EX-PACT MYSTERY CARGO PLANES here].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-23 19:26|| 2012-01-23 19:26|| Front Page Top

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