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2004-02-04 Britain

Intelligence chiefs âignored WMD warningsâ

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Posted by Daniel King 2004-02-04 3:57:10 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 DK - interesting theory...I LIKE it.

Posted by De3pthoughts 2004-2-4 4:01:40 PM|| 2004-2-4 4:01:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 All this crap about 'ignoring experts' who were unsure about the weapons. Suck me. They were few and far between and you'd be an idiot to 'ignore' the overwhelming majority. 10 people: Boss, I think he's got a gun. 1 person: Yeah, but he might not. Boss: Shoot his ass.

Posted by Anonymous 2004-2-4 4:36:18 PM|| 2004-2-4 4:36:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I have a slightly different view... the lack of WMD in Iraq lends credence to the theory that the faisalist nations might not be able to maintain or create them. I think this cheaply won evidence alone was worth the war. (If you call fighting arabs a war).

Posted by Shipman 2004-2-4 5:43:44 PM|| 2004-2-4 5:43:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Re: #3
Um, Mr. Shipman, if the faisalist nations can't create them, what did all those Kurds and Iranians die from, laughter?

Just curious.

This whole thing is absurd. Everyone from Kooky Anan down knew that he had them and had programs going to do more. Kay has stated unequivocally that this was going on. So maybe he deep-sixed the major stores before the war as that Bulgarian Spy theorized, based on his knowledge of the Russian MO. It looks like everyone in Iraq from Saddam down thought the next guy had them.

Isn't it a little much to expect our intelligence agencies to know more than the entire command structure of the Iraq Army?

Posted by Alan 2004-2-4 6:05:58 PM|| 2004-2-4 6:05:58 PM|| Front Page Top

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