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2002-12-19 Middle East

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Posted by Frank Martin 2002-12-19 12:08 pm|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "BADGES? We don' need no steenking badges!"

Posted by mojo 2002-12-19 13:02:07|| 2002-12-19 13:02:07|| Front Page Top

#2 The IAEA also cleared North Korea during their inspections there, despite only having access to one of three reactors.

Blix first gave one-day warnings of inspections, then did not insist on opening locked doors (it was Islam sabbath, owners were away - nut the inspection calls for such doors to be opened by master keys or broken down) until a day later.

And Syria "to protest against the 10 non-permanent council members being given a shorter, sanitized version" - tough, we ain't bonna tell you how to build atomic weapons and where to buy parts. See non-proliferation treaties. Especially the copy you signed.

Posted by John Anderson 2002-12-19 14:55:15|| 2002-12-19 14:55:15|| Front Page Top

#3 You know, the thought occurs to me...

We have two (at least) operations currently destroying our stockpiles of chemical weapons, one in CONUS and one on Johnson Island in the Pacific. Big places, hard to miss. If Iraq has been making any attempt to destroy WMD, where?

And what the hell is gangrene gas?

Posted by Chuck 2002-12-19 14:56:23|| [www.simmins.org] 2002-12-19 14:56:23|| Front Page Top

#4 I think they mean phosgene gas. Kinda reminds me of the "blessed are the cheesemakers" sketch from monty python.

Very good point about the johnson island thing. I hadnt consdered that before, sort of the "dog that didnt bark" situation.

Posted by Frank Martin 2002-12-19 15:10:12|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2002-12-19 15:10:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Blix and the boys will be home for Christmas. Do not be surprised if they don't return in the new year. The UNMOVIC charade has served its purpose. They might create a premature crisis by actually discovering something.

Posted by john 2002-12-19 19:19:32|| 2002-12-19 19:19:32|| Front Page Top

#6 The Johnston Island facility has completed work and has shut down - only cleanup operations are ongoing. A site is operational in Utah, and three others (Alabama, Maryland, and Oregon) will start work within the next year. Remember that Americans are paranoid about safety, and these sites are overengineered to absurd lengths - hence their size. Somehow, I can't see Saddam putting all that money into something he can just blow up in the desert. No nonbarking dog here. Not that anyone believes that he actually got rid of the stuff...

Posted by ereynol 2002-12-19 21:43:20|| 2002-12-19 21:43:20|| Front Page Top

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