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The UNSCOM inspectors "believe" that Iraq still has stockpiles of chemical and biological munitions, a small force of Scud-type missiles, and the capacity to restart quickly its production program and build many, many more weapons.
Originally posted by marg6043
Muaddib
Its a difference betwee thinking, that is just an Idea, now actual finding MWDs, then it becomes fact and tangible, now is not where to be found I mean the MWDs and we may spend a life time looking for it, so as now is just an Idea. If you take and Idea to court it will not stand a chance.
Is like me telling I have and Idea of having gold in my yard but actually finding the gold well I can dig all my life and never find a darn thing.Righ?
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The former top U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq on Wednesday blamed intelligence failures for the apparently incorrect conclusion that Saddam Hussein possessed large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction before the U.S.-led invasion.
October 6, 2003
Proof of Saddam's WMDs
TONY SNOW: Let's take a quick look at some of the headlines from this week characterizing your report. I want to get your reaction to them.
Here we see The New York Times: "No Illicit Arms." The Washington Post: "No Banned Weapons." The Los Angeles Times: "No Illicit Iraqi Arms." USA Today: "No Illegal Weapons."
Is that what you found?
DAVID KAY: Well, we certainly found that � have not yet found illicit arms. But that's not the only thing the report says. In fact, I'm sort of amazed at what was powerful information about both their intent and their actual activities that were not known and were hidden from UN inspectors seems not to have made it to the press. This is information that, had it been available last year, would have been headline news.
SNOW: One of the things that you found, for instance, is the Mukhabarat, the secret service, in fact had a vigorous weapons program of its own. Tell us about it.
KAY: Well, we have found right now � and we're still finding them � over two dozen laboratories that were hidden in the Iraqi intelligence service, the Mukhabarat, were not declared to the U.N., had prohibited equipment, and carried on activities that should have been declared.
Now, at the minimum, they kept alive Iraq's capability to produce both biological and chemical weapons. We found assassination tools. So we know that, in fact, they had a prohibited intent to them.
SNOW: You also talk about reference strains of biological agents. What does that mean?
KAY: Well, that's one of the most fascinating stories. An Iraqi scientist in 1993 hid in his own refrigerator reference strains for � active strains, actually would've � were still active when we found them � Botulinum toxin, one of the most toxic elements known.
He was also asked to hide others, including anthrax. After a couple of days, he turned them back because he said they were too dangerous; he had small children in the house.
This is typical. We now have three cases in which scientists have come forward with equipment, technology, diagrams, documents and, in this case, actual weapons material, reference strains and Botulinum toxin, that they were told to hide and that the UN didn't find.
SNOW: You believe that there are similar strains perhaps throughout Iraq right now?
KAY: We're actively searching for at least one more cache of weapons � of strains that we know exists.
SNOW: This is a cache that had been referred to by a scientist. The first bit of information paid off; you're still looking for the second one?
KAY: Exactly.
SNOW: And the second one is a large cache.
KAY: It's much larger. It contains anthrax, and that's one reason we're actively interested in getting it.
SNOW: Now, you also talk about new research on biological capable agents, such as Brucella, Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever, Ricin and Naflotoxin (ph).
KAY: That's exactly right, and that's the things I'm surprised no one has paid attention to.
The new strains they're working on, including Congo-Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever, are something that should have been reported to the UN In fact, all of the work should have been reported. It was not reported.
This is activities, prohibited activities they've carried on. And this continued right up to 2003 in these four cases, unreported, undiscovered.
SNOW: Unreported and undiscovered.
When you're analyzing how much information was kept from the UN, how would you characterize it?
KAY: Dozens of cases right now that are significant. The most significant, of course, is in the missile area, where we're talking about activity on four different fronts that would have provided missiles capable of exceeding the UN limit of 150 kilometers.
Originally posted by mrmulder
His family does hold alot power in this country. Let's look at the family to see how many have held power in office.
1. George H.W. Bush: President
2. Jeb Bush: Governor Florida
3. George W. Bush: Governor of Texas and current President
4. Presscott Bush: Senator from Connecticut
Geez, alot of Bush's have been in office over the years. Wouldn't you say?
Soo blame Bush for all of the DEMOCRATIC members of the House and Senate for voting for the Patriot act?!? All those dem's are in Bushes pocket to use as he wishes eh?
ramming the totalitarian U.S.A. Patriot Act through Congress;
Ummm i think the answer is because THEY CANT! If Bush's political opponents COULD have done this they already would have...the fact remains that its all hype, conjecture, and wishful thinking.
Rather than hide behind some BS legalese that some crack lib has posted, why not outline the SPECIFIC acts that Bush has committed that warrant impeachment!?
So if you think you have gold in your yard, and you push the shovel into the ground once, then you might as well dig up the whole yard as, based on what you knew at the time, you began to look.
Is like me telling I have and Idea of having gold in my yard but actually finding the gold well I can dig all my life and never find a darn thing.Righ?
Iraq is in chaos civilians and our troops are being killed and none of the bias �poof� you have shown said anything but the possibility of or the though of.
Originally posted by Intelearthling
Wouldn't you think that they were born with leadership in their blood?
Is it because he's a Republican, or the person you voted for in 2000 didn't win is the cause of your hatred towards Bush?
It's my assumption that you believe if Al Gore had won in 2000, 9/11 would have never happened.
You also believe that if Kerry wins (which he's not) in November, the war in Iraq will suddenly cease, terrorist activities will cease and Osama will come out of hiding because, and as usual with Democratic presidents, be granted a full pardon and invited to the White House for tea and crumpets.
Originally posted by CazMedia
Mr Mulder,
Did you get this document from Dan Rather at CBS news?
Originally posted by BasementAddix
The is no reason in any way shape or form why Bush should be impeached...once again...Liberals are screaming "impeach" w/o know why or even the meaning of the word...just because you dont like the guy...doesnt make him impeachment-worthy...
Originally posted by specialasianX
True Kerry voted yes on the Patriot act.... but e voted on the version that was actually sighted, not the updated version. Funny how they changed parts of it and forgot to tell the senate before they voted on it.
[Edited on 23-9-2004 by specialasianX]
Originally posted by kozmo
Originally posted by specialasianX
True Kerry voted yes on the Patriot act.... but e voted on the version that was actually sighted, not the updated version. Funny how they changed parts of it and forgot to tell the senate before they voted on it.
[Edited on 23-9-2004 by specialasianX]
WHAT A LOAD OF BS!!! Where did you hear that!?!?
Originally posted by mrmulder
[I agree. Kerry did not vote on the Patriot Act.
www.amperspective.com...
Originally posted by kozmo
Originally posted by mrmulder
[I agree. Kerry did not vote on the Patriot Act.
www.amperspective.com...
Huh??? Quoted from your article... "At the same time, Kerry defended the original intent behind the overwhelming support for the Patriot Act after Sept. 11. Kerry voted with 98 other senators to approve the legislation."
Originally posted by kozmo
Too funny! I almost spit my coffee out all over my computer. Good one, MrMulder!
Yes, yes... too true... Mr. Kerry truly has a way of hedging his bets by trying to play both sides of the fence. Obviously this guy is NOT presidential material.
Originally posted by marg6043
Muaddib,
Anything in the name of god (I mean bush) and democracyyyyyyyyy, it we still have one.
And by the way the Supreme Court started to belong to the Republicans since Reagan years.
And by the way I think that taking over another country without declaring a war making and invasion illegal and killing already thousand in the name of liberation should be enough to take care of god (I mean bush) in the white house.
Sorry people but I will never hide that our president is a moron, haaa democracy and good politicians are just but a dream.