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2003-03-23 Iraq

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Posted by Frank G 2003-03-23 07:28 pm|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's amazing to watch all these "news" organizations trying to warp and twist what's going on. Al Najaf is only 150Km (94 miles) from Baghdad, not 250km. Lots of other such "mistakes". The biggest boner in the news lately, however, was a Lycos post that passengers from a hijacked Cuban "jet" were returning to Cuba. I've heard a DC-3 called a lot of things, but never a "jet". Where do they get these people?

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-03-23 13:40:51|| 2003-03-23 13:40:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Hmmm.

Any comment from the French?

Posted by LurkerTim 2003-03-23 11:40:37|| 2003-03-23 11:40:37|| Front Page Top

#3 WOW! This is major news. Perfect to counterbalance the effect the Muslim world will have when watching the POW video

Posted by g wiz 2003-03-23 11:43:55|| 2003-03-23 11:43:55|| Front Page Top

#4 This was released by the jerusalem post...

that's an obvious bias.

none of the US reporters have released it nor the united states militayr.

DS

Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-23 12:18:33|| 2003-03-23 12:18:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Happy now Blix? You can go to your grave knowing that you could have prevented war - but instead you caused it. Someone show him the video of the captured soldiers..just so he can fully understand the magnitude of his ineptitude.

Posted by becky 2003-03-23 12:18:59|| 2003-03-23 12:18:59|| Front Page Top

#6 quote 'A General? That's the best clue that it might have significant value '
hehhe a general with 30 troops under his command . makes me think he was a grunt until 5 minutes b4 the place was captured .

Posted by biggus 2003-03-23 12:21:19|| 2003-03-23 12:21:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Fox news is confirming at 4:32PM PST - sometimes even the Jerusalem Post can be right...

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-23 18:37:11|| 2003-03-23 18:37:11|| Front Page Top

#8 ABCNEWS mentioned the plant and the generals on 7pm EST broadcast and sourced American officials. However their website says "nothing yet."

Posted by JAB 2003-03-23 18:50:21|| 2003-03-23 18:50:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Fox says they've confirmed with the US that it found a chemical complex in An Najaf. No word on whether it was active. The Iraqi PR machine is still functioning so I hope we verify it was active before making a big deal about it.

Posted by JAB 2003-03-23 18:58:10|| 2003-03-23 18:58:10|| Front Page Top

#10 hey anonymous - who's biased?

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-23 19:08:10|| 2003-03-23 19:08:10|| Front Page Top

#11 Sky's got it too (they coop with FoxNews), but not clear what the plant is for and whether it is active. If so, we should force Blixie to take the first hit off of whatever's in the reactor vessels.

Posted by JAB 2003-03-23 19:20:44|| 2003-03-23 19:20:44|| Front Page Top

#12 Too bad the embedded journalist wasn't with ANY other media outlet... the JP affiliation will start the conspiracy theorists spinning right away.

I hope that this is a legitimate find and not somehting that can be rationalized away.

Posted by Tex 2003-03-23 19:25:18|| 2003-03-23 19:25:18|| Front Page Top

#13 This just in--apparently it's not a chemical weapons facility, but a baby milk factory...

(If not immediately obvious, that's sarcasm!)

Posted by Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-23 19:50:26|| 2003-03-23 19:50:26|| Front Page Top

#14 Don't everyone jump on Blixie at once. After all, he would have found it after 2 months..maybe 4, or 6, certainly after 1 year, and if not, after 12 years. If still he couldn't find it, then he could pass the torch on to his offspring and they would be able to find the evidence. Then there's always the grandchildren, and also........

Posted by RW 2003-03-23 20:29:24|| 2003-03-23 20:29:24|| Front Page Top

#15 The BBC and ABC have both confirmed the report. Can we pool some money to pay fare for Hans Blix , take him there and show the quality of INSPECTIONS!!!

Posted by ISHMAIL 2003-03-23 20:41:44|| 2003-03-23 20:41:44|| Front Page Top

#16 A reported 56 inspectors visited eight sites on 8 January. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) teams continued their focus on Iraqi cement factories, according to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry. A team of two IAEA inspectors toured the Al-Samawa Cement Factory in Al-Muthanna Province, 350 kilometers south of Baghdad; another group of inspectors (no number given) toured the Al-Kufa Cement Factory in Al-Najaf, 240 kilometers south of Baghdad. A third team of three inspectors toured the Karbala Cement Factory in Karbala, approximately 250 kilometers southwest of Baghdad. The ministry noted that the purpose of visiting the factories was to check the amounts of HMX explosives at these mining sites. The UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) did not provide further details on this inspection.
From here. Don't know if it's the same plant.

Posted by Chuck 2003-03-23 20:54:41|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-03-23 20:54:41|| Front Page Top

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