130 known ammunition caches many of which are more than twice the size of Manhattan

[JBA]

…This is fact, not fudging. How do we know? Because Hussein's practice was to store his chemical weapons unmarked amid his conventional munitions, and we have just begun to understand the staggering scale of Hussein's stocks of conventional munitions. Hussein left behind 130 known ammunition caches, many of which are more than twice the size of Manhattan. Imagine looking through "600,000 tons of artillery shells, rockets, aviation bombs and other ordnance" -- rows and rows stretched over an area the size of even one Manhattan -- looking for barrels of unmarked chemical weapons.

And there are 130 of these depots. Kay's team has so far inspected only 10.

The question of whether Hussein actually retained finished product is still open.

But the question of whether he was still in the WMD business is no longer open. "We have discovered dozens of WMD-related program activities," Kay testified, "and significant amounts of equipment that Iraq concealed from the United Nations during the inspections that began in late 2002" -- concealed, that is, from the hapless Hans Blix.

Kay's list is chilling. It includes a secret network of labs and safe houses within the Mukhabarat, the Iraqi foreign intelligence service; bioorganisms kept in scientists' homes, including a vial of live botulinum toxin; and my favorite, "new research on BW [biological weapons]-applicable agents, Brucella and Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever, and continuing work on ricin and aflatoxin" -- all "not declared to the U.N."

I have been to medical school, and I have never heard of Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever.

I don't know one doctor in 100 who has. It is a rare disease, and you can be sure that Hussein was not seeking a cure. ……



Full story
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A6320-2003Oct9?language=printer

[Godzilla]

That cant be true that Iraq didn't delcare their WMD programs and secret Bio research!  The UN resolutions said Iraq must tell of these things, so that means Saddam broke down and spilled the beans about everything. After all, to defy the UN would mean yet another harsh resolution....and Iraq would rather self-combust than have that occur. And you know Saddam would never be dishonest to the world community.


So alas I laugh.....HA HA HA  and I laugh once more, ho ho ho .... at the UN and those who believe UN resolutions were bringing Saddam to his knees.

[lord dolf vader]

bla bla bla bla gona find bla bla bal will find bla bla bla we are close now bla bla bla bla we know he did it bla bla bla chimpi sold us out cheap? bla bla bla bla no it cant be bla bla bla dirty librals bla bla bla close to wmd bla bla forget the hundreds of dead soldiers for oil bla bla

PUT UP OR SHUT UP!

you got them or not ?

p.s. so far alot of hot air and crap.

[Godzilla]

I also want to see the WMD that the UN security counsel said Iraq had.

I blame the UN for being hypocrites: they delcared Iraq in violation of UN resolutions, yet the UN had no penalty for the violations.

The UN is evil for agreeing Iraq was not in compliance and probably had WMD, yet did nothing to act on it's own declarations.

Shame on the lying UN!

[Martlet]

Originally posted by GScholz
Remember that the majority of the UNSC only disagreed with the timing of the invasion ... they wanted to be sure.

Odd, I must have missed that vote.

[Scootter]

Originally posted by lord dolf vader
bla bla bla bla gona find bla bla bal will find bla bla bla we are close now bla bla bla bla we know he did it bla bla bla chimpi sold us out cheap? bla bla bla bla no it cant be bla bla bla dirty librals bla bla bla close to wmd bla bla forget the hundreds of dead soldiers for oil bla bla

PUT UP OR SHUT UP!

you got them or not ?

p.s. so far alot of hot air and crap.

are you 14 or 15 years old?

[Bodhi]

You can bet your prettythang that they will find WMD's, but right now, it is not in our best interests to tip our hat as to where they are.  All will come out iin due time.  And when it does, France, Germany, and Russia is gonna look really stupid.... ooops, guess they already do.

[Rude]

Originally posted by lord dolf vader
bla bla bla bla gona find bla bla bal will find bla bla bla we are close now bla bla bla bla we know he did it bla bla bla chimpi sold us out cheap? bla bla bla bla no it cant be bla bla bla dirty librals bla bla bla close to wmd bla bla forget the hundreds of dead soldiers for oil bla bla

PUT UP OR SHUT UP!

you got them or not ?

p.s. so far alot of hot air and crap.

What will be your response here if WMD's are located?

[Rude]

Originally posted by GScholz
They wanted three more months for Blix to finish his investigation remember? Funny how you are willing to give Key all the time he needs, but not thee months for Blix.

The UN didn't have the stomach to do what was right....the evidence lies in how well they enforced the other 16 resolutions spanning the years.

The UN may be your pinnacle of truth, but don't expect Americans to bow down to them.

[Fishu]

Americans already changed the tune on Iraq rebuilding - half the rebuilding money is paid by iraqis in form of debt.
Let's see how long these same people are going to stay in Iraq, delivering the democracy.

[Godzilla]

Originally posted by GScholz
They wanted three more months for Blix to finish his investigation remember? Funny how you are willing to give Key all the time he needs, but not thee months for Blix.

3 more months for what? 3 months to gaurantee that Iraq was free from all banned weapons and programs? LOL!

Key has all the time in the world, because we control Iraq now.

Another thing to remember: Iraq kicked all the inspectors out. The UN was only able to return after the US began a military build-up and threatened force. Saddam didn't let the inspectors back for any  reason other than the US military threat.  

The UN was worthless in refusing to enforce it's resolutions. Nobody is afraid of or respects  the UN and it's fearsome resolutions.

[AKIron]

It'll be amusing to see all the new handles pop up on this bb when artillery shells filled with nerve gas are found.

[Boroda]

Originally posted by JBA

…This is fact, not fudging. How do we know? Because Hussein's practice was to store his chemical weapons unmarked amid his conventional munitions

"Was" instead of "I am stupid enough to suggest that it was".

This phrase is owerwhelmingly idiotic.

Originally posted by JBA

I have been to medical school, and I have never heard of Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever.

I don't know one doctor in 100 who has. It is a rare disease, and you can be sure that Hussein was not seeking a cure. ……
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I am not a doctor, never have been to "medical school" (BTW, what is it?), but I know that Congo-Crimean fever is a disease similiar to Ebola, but not that infectious. I am surprised of a state of medical education in the US. Or does he mean he once visited some "medical school", maybe it's a school for ill children?

[Sixpence]

Originally posted by AKIron
It'll be amusing to see all the new handles pop up on this bb when artillery shells filled with nerve gas are found.

Ya know, they are not as stupid as you think they are. With an invasion looming, do you think they would leave a WMD cache around for America to say "see, we told you!"? They are either destroyed or shipped out to OBL in Pakistan.( that place where we draw the line of distinction between terrorists and the people who harbor them)

[AKIron]

Originally posted by Sixpence
Ya know, they are not as stupid as you think they are. With an invasion looming, do you think they would leave a WMD cache around for America to say "see, we told you!"? They are either destroyed or shipped out to OBL in Pakistan.( that place where we draw the line of distinction between terrorists and the people who harbor them)

Who isn't stupid? The bbs posters or Saddam?

Of course I realize that Saddam would want to discredit the US but I doubt he was able get rid of all of the evidence.

I don't pay much attention to those shrieking "where are the wmd?". You wanna know why? Because as soon as conclusive evidence is found they'll either disappear, change the subject, or deny the nose on their face.