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2006-01-28 Iraq

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-01-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Heard this guy on Fox say they used a 747 to move the stuff. I seriously doubt they have a 747 and that we'd miss it when it makde a puddle jump like this. Makes me skeptical of the guy, though it's pretty clear Syria was involved in hiding the WMD.

Posted by JAB 2006-01-28 00:35|| 2006-01-28 00:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Weren't commercial flights allowed into Baghdad until the war officially kicked off? With a bit of complicity on the part of any of the Middle East's national airlines this might have been possible if unlikely.

Posted by AzCat 2006-01-28 00:59|| 2006-01-28 00:59|| Front Page Top

#3 "It is true that many nations believed that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. But much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong..."

That is such a Clintonian statement. Much of it was wrong, but apparently not the part about Saddam having WMD's before the war.

Posted by 2b 2006-01-28 05:02|| 2006-01-28 05:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Weren't commercial flights allowed into Baghdad until the war officially kicked off?

Yes. If the time frame Sada says is correct, Iraq was also flying in relief supplies to Syria.

Posted by Pappy 2006-01-28 11:51|| 2006-01-28 11:51|| Front Page Top

#5 And the Iraqis had plenty of trucks, and good roads to Syria, and willing partners on the other end. We don't need to invoke a high-tech solution to this; the low-tech solution works very well.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-01-28 13:01|| 2006-01-28 13:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Debka was all over this from the beginning. I happen to believe it...but that's irrelevant.

However, if it is true...why in Heaven's name aren't we holding a hammer over Syria? We (apparently) know the 3 main locations...2 in the Syrian desert and 1 in the Bekka valley. You would think we would allow Baby Assad to trade his life for at least 1 stash. That's the sticking point with me. If we really believe it's there...why haven't we moved on it militarily, or politically?

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-01-28 14:47|| 2006-01-28 14:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Exactly Anymouse,

Assad can live, but in exile, only if he gives up the goods.

Posted by Danking70 2006-01-28 15:57|| 2006-01-28 15:57|| Front Page Top

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