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Home Front: Politix
Former official sez WMDs moved by Russia to Syria
2006-02-19
A top Pentagon official who was responsible for tracking Saddam Hussein's weapons programs before and after the 2003 liberation of Iraq, has provided the first-ever account of how Saddam Hussein "cleaned up" his weapons of mass destruction stockpiles to prevent the United States from discovering them.

"The short answer to the question of where the WMDs Saddam bought from the Russians went was that they went to Syria and Lebanon," former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense John. A. Shaw told an audience Saturday at a privately sponsored "Intelligence Summit" in Alexandria, Va. (www.intelligencesummit.org)

"They were moved by Russian Spetsnaz (special forces) units out of uniform, that were specifically sent to Iraq to move the weaponry and eradicate any evidence of its existence," he said.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#12  Opps! Let a bit of sentimentality slip in there...kill 'em all.
Posted by: Asymmetrical Triangulation   2006-02-19 19:47  

#11  Wasn't there some kind of Brazilian (???) link to these alleged (Read--most likely true) events? [Maybe my advanced tinnitus led me down the primrose path once again...but I could have sworn I'd heard that.] These lying, spinning, sold-to-the-highest-bidder traitors are despicable.
Posted by: Asymmetrical Triangulation   2006-02-19 19:34  

#10  This will be in tomorrow's NYT, right?
Posted by: Raj   2006-02-19 12:45  

#9  Ion Pacepa told about the soviet/russian doctrine pre-arranged plan of WMD-removing/destroying for client states (in order to deny a propaganda opportunity and to obsfucate) quite some time ago, a couple of years IIRC.

This is sketchy in my dim memory, but wasn't this called "sarindar" (exit)?

Yaasss, Google sez so, and bring theses links :
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Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-02-19 12:14  

#8  Oh, and I'm sure Russia will be a tremendous help when dealing with Iran's nuclear program...
Posted by: Danking70   2006-02-19 11:15  

#7  So much for looking in Putin's soul.

Came up empty.
Posted by: Danking70   2006-02-19 11:14  

#6  Will anyone be suprised when the MSM doesn't report this story?
Posted by: Unique Battle   2006-02-19 11:09  

#5  Spetznetz working hand in hand with BETTY CROCKERCRATS AKA COME TO SYRIA BORN AGAIN COMMIES....
Posted by: 6   2006-02-19 10:27  

#4  Personally, I hope this is all true. It puts the WMDs in Russian hands rather than in Syrian hands. That's nothing but good news.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-02-19 10:16  

#3  even if it were absolutly true in every way the press wouldnt touch it - wrong story for them as its not on thier agenda.
Posted by: ShepUK   2006-02-19 08:49  

#2  Why does this feel like old news? This may be called the Groundhog Day war. If only I were sharing my foxhole with Andie MacDowell.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-02-19 07:36  

#1  This is going to make JosephMendiola's day, this is.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-02-19 06:36  

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