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October 30, 2003
Hidden WMD
America's satellite spy chief. Lt Gen James Clapper, has now said that Saddam did indeed conceal WMD in Syria shortly before the war. This is what the Israelis reported before war broke out, but of course this was ignored by the western anti-war media. Clapper also says that after Baghdad fell, the Iraqis took considerable trouble to conceal their WMD programme. This echoes the report by David Kay, who detailed the extraordinary lengths to which Sadam had gone to conceal an entire clandestine biological weapons programme from the UN inspectors. Of course Saddam hid all this stuff, whether inside or outside Iraq -- maybe both. On the basis of the evidence and by all the rules of rationality and logic, no-one but a fool or brainwashed bigot would think otherwise. But alas, that's exactly who we've got running our media and much of our political class. Posted by melanie at October 30, 2003
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Interesting article. I especially liked the view that what we saw on our TV screens in April; what was viewed by US troops; what was described by all journalists (BBC and otherwise!) as "looting"; and what was described by US troops as "looting" was not in fact looting but clandesting attempts by Iraqi scientists to hide the evidence of WMD. These would be the same scientists who were cowed by Saddam Hussein and wished to spill the beans on his regime? I also like the attempt to equate this non-serving officer's opinion with the report by David Kay. Kay says there were attempts to hide WMDs from the UN inspectors. This officer says the hiding was happening in April. As any fool knows, there were no UN inspectors in Baghdad in April. Clearly they don't sing from the same hymn sheet. The fact remains that the UK and US weren't prepared to give the inspectors any more time to find WMDs, despite Iraq being a country bigger than France. If they can't find them now, why should the inspectors have been told they were failing in not finding them themselves? And as for the benefits of regime change: no-one denies the benefits; one also cannot deny that war for the purpose of regime change is illegal under international law. Posted by: James at October 30, 2003 12:34 PMI would like to think most people would try to help a person being mugged in a park despite the "Keep off the Grass" sign. In any case, the war was legal based on Saddam's non-compliance with resolution 1441, so the regime change as a beneficial side-effect is not something worth agonising over. The issue was not about giving the inspectors more time, but a decision not to give Saddam yet another opportunity to shirk his responsibilities. He could have complied with 1441 if he had wished to, but his last bluff failed - no doubt his meeting with Tony Benn and the sight of large crowds at anti-war protests made him think an attack would not happen. Strange to think all those people marching against the war paradoxically made the war inevitable. We'll probably never know, but perhaps Saddam miscalculated that democracies were incapable of standing up to his tyranny. If we had given him more time he would waited until he had an opportunity to reconstitute his weapons programmes. Posted by: Tony at October 30, 2003 04:59 PMhttp://www.viagra-exchange.com/ (Viagra), please erase this message and you'll never see our ad again. Posted by: Viagra at November 9, 2003 02:06 PMhttp://www.viagra-exchange.com/ (Viagra), please erase this message and you'll never see our ad again. Posted by: Viagra at November 10, 2003 12:05 PMLas Vegas Hotels Lisbon Hotels London Hotels Los Angeles Hotels Madrid Hotels Edinburgh Hotels Hong Kong Hotels Posted by: Melbourne Hotels at December 9, 2003 10:05 AMCasino Best Casino Casino On Line Gambling Casino Bonus On Line Casino Internet Gambling Hi. phentermine cheap or adipex sales didrex prescription online or tenuate prescription effects of phentermine, cheapest phentermine, low price phentermine and Viagra from buying viagra online Posted by: cheapest phentermine price at December 11, 2003 10:36 AMLas Vegas Hotels Lisbon Hotels London Hotels Los Angeles Hotels Madrid Hotels Edinburgh Hotels Hong Kong Hotels Posted by: Melbourne Hotels at December 12, 2003 10:16 AMLas Vegas Hotels Lisbon Hotels London Hotels Los Angeles Hotels Madrid Hotels Edinburgh Hotels Hong Kong Hotels Posted by: Melbourne Hotels at December 13, 2003 10:28 AMlipitor info valtrex neurontin prescription get lexapro low price celexa remeron online best serafem deal lowest paxil price zyrtec drug triphasil pill yasmin pill Posted by: lipitor price online at December 14, 2003 10:21 AMHi. lowest phentermine price or best price adipex didrex tablet or buy tenuate online cheap online phentermine sale, lowest phentermine price, phentermine info and Viagra from viagra drug Posted by: best price phentermine at December 15, 2003 09:47 AMHi. phentermine information or adipex low cost didrex wholesale or tenuate best buy buy phentermine online, low price phentermine, phentermine drug and Viagra from viagra sale Posted by: cheapest phentermine price at December 15, 2003 10:38 AMMany of you know about viagra: Viagra Cialis does not: cure ED This is a nice blog. phentermine here Here are some other sites: discount-phentermine.biz phentermine phentermine I have found the discussion here to be highly thought provoking discount-phentermine.biz
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