do you have a source for this besides the washington times? I don't want to get my mouse dirty.
Dana On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:21:47 -0400, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is the latest on this story: > > US troops got to the site in early April and killed or captured about 200 Iraqi > troops- Saddam Fedayeen and Special Republican Guard units- who were positioned > inside the compound. US 3rd Infantry Division made a search of the facility and > found none of the weapons in question. > > The Pentagon now apparently has evidence that in the days and weeks before the war, > Russian Special Forces troops removed this cache and many other caches of > specialized weapons from Iraqi. They were taken to Syria, Lebanon, and perhaps Iran > in Russian trucks. > > This would explain several things about this story: > > 1. Why didn't the US bomb the trucks moving out of Iraq? Everyone knew that there > were trucks moving from Iraq to Syria, it was all visible by satelite. > > 2. Why did the US government not make a big deal about all the weapons moving out of > the country? > > 3. Why has the administration been slow to talk about these missing weapons? > > It all comes down to diplomacy. My theory is that the US government knew that > Russian troops- and the Russian government- were involved in the operation all > along, and we basically had no choice but to look the other way. > > http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041027-101153-4822r.htm > > This all looks to be a gigantic blunder by Kerry for trying to seize on this issue > before the facts were established. If this story is backed up, Kerry comes out > looking like Chicken Little, not a serious critic of administration policy. > > > >Here's the deal on this stuff - I've seen stories on both ABC News > >with Martha Radditz (sp?) who I like and trust and on The News Hour > >with Jim Lehrer. Both seem to agree: > > > >1.) There are some discrepancies on what was there. > > > >2.) In March the IAEA says the seal was in place. > > > >3.) On April 9th the place was vandalized but nobody really looked to > >see what was left, only if there were WMD, and there wasn't. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=38 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133246 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
