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| Saddam’s WMD hidden in Syria, says Iraq survey chief |
| 2004-01-25 |
| We already knew this but it’s nice to see some confirmation at higher levels. David Kay, the former head of the coalition’s hunt for Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, yesterday claimed that part of Saddam Hussein’s secret weapons programme was hidden in Syria. In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, Dr Kay,who last week resigned as head of the Iraq Survey Group, said that he had uncovered evidence that unspecified materials had been moved to Syria shortly before last year’s war to overthrow Saddam. Syria or the Bekaa valley? "We are not talking about a large stockpile of weapons," he said. "But we know from some of the interrogations of former Iraqi officials that a lot of material went to Syria before the war, including some components of Saddam’s WMD programme. Precisely what went to Syria, and what has happened to it, is a major issue that needs to be resolved." Dr Kay’s comments will intensify pressure on President Bashar Assad to clarify the extent of his co-operation with Saddam’s regime and details of Syria’s WMD programme. Mr Assad has said that Syria was entitled to defend itself by acquiring its own biological and chemical weapons arsenal. No mention of how they’ll "acquire" them either. Sammy’s Sell-out Bazaar supplied them with a lot. Syria was one of Iraq’s main allies in the run-up to the war and hundreds of Iraqi "It’s a Zionist conspiracy™!" |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #9 #($*#(* that rush to war! |
| Posted by: Anonymous2U 2004-1-25 11:54:21 PM |
| #8 Tell Syria they have 7 days to move their equipment out of Lebanon. Take Lebanon with extreme prejudice. Commence fly paper round two. Kill, imprison or deport every Arab that speaks with an Iranian accent. Declare roadmap trial two. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-25 9:13:29 PM |
| #7 If a fathead mullah issues a fatwah...he's a Tango. You woudn't have to pop too many of those goobers before they'd shut up. I think it's really pretty funny that these pussy-boy mullahs and imans don't have have the balls to step up to the plate themselves. They always get some fool with a hard-on for 72 virgins to do their dirty work. I guess they are pretty adept at throwing acid in any woman or girl's face who steps out of line, though. That's pretty manly. |
| Posted by: alaskasoldier 2004-1-25 7:53:44 PM |
| #6 Aris, There is a lot of denial going on in regards to islamic perfidy. My point is to fight fire with fire. A "targeted" solution is not assasination IMO anymore. This war is being driven on many levels. You've got the Jews, you've got westerners in the fake holy lands of Arabia, you've got all that seething crap. But this war is not a war on Syria or Iran or Pakistan or Afganistan is it? It's a war on a idea, that should that idea, that whole submission thing, take hold, it could lead to a very bloody thing, catastrophy! No the line for me has been drawn. I know who and what the enemy is. I could care less about concealing the thing. The whinning would be a hoot. I could hear Cheney saying "we didn't kill the mullah, besides you have many mullahs so whats the problem? Iraq was not an imminent threat. It posed a gathering imminent threat and was clearly hostile to the US, had broken treaties that US blood had paid a price to get. So I'm good with the bringing down of saddam. Is Syria a gathering imminent threat? Or is Syria a host to militants who are an imminent threat. I think the second and thats who I'd target. I'd target asshats in SA as well. And then, with a smirk on my face and in a texas drawl, I'd deny it and then repeat as nessasary. Would the world (France, China, South Africa) know? It's none of their business. GK, I get your point, I'm conflicted. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-1-25 4:27:38 PM |
| #5 Lucky? brains of militant islam? Was that an intentional oxymoron? |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-1-25 3:44:27 PM |
| #4 "Syria is the low hanging fruit but I don't think they are of the imminent danger threat that would require taking the country out. " Neither was Iraq an "imminent threat". And why do you think denying obvious America-ordered assassinations will help you one bit? If you want assasination to be made a policy, make it officially -- how would that hurt you any more than doing it unofficially would? Because such a large scale worldwide attempt won't be possible to conceal. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-1-25 3:15:43 PM |
| #3 Syria is the low hanging fruit but I don't think they are of the imminent danger threat that would require taking the country out. I still think the WoT needs to go into a targeting phase. Taking out persons who are at war with us regardless of where they are. Like wahhabi immans, schools, hezbo camps, the like. I still believe that large scale military campaigns, like the Iraqi campaign, may not ever be needed again. You take out the brains of militant islam, (thats just not the AQ bunch) and let modernity take over. Remember, blow up a palace, school, mosque and deny it. Do that everyday until the bad guys start getting in line to rat out who the next bad guy to get whacked should be. And repeat as needed. Simple I know, ruthless yes, me bad for thinking this way, not when the pussy footing around and showing repect for the "race of peace" is going backwards on human rights! And lets let Iran do what it wants. All the fundies can have their paradise. Let them. It will crumble. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-1-25 2:41:37 PM |
| #2 (engage SmartAlek mode) Gee, the media has been harping on how David Kay says that there are no WMDs in Iraq and the "anti-war" crowd has been saying "AhHa!". You would think that WMDs or their components being smuggled into Syria would be big news. I wonder why the initial stories about Kay left this detail out? |
| Posted by: Les Nessman 2004-1-25 2:02:12 PM |
| #1 I'm thinking that if Iraqi police and military can look after themselves enough in half a years time then whats holding the allies back from packing up and rolling west.Could the packing up be done cleverly enough so as not to arouse syrian suspision and then form staging posts in western Iraq and launch a huge military op on syria.Be well worth the rewards to do this me thinks,what about you lot? |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-1-25 1:44:42 PM |