Well I am obviously no expert on the matter. It could very well be that the stockpiles they originally have would have deteriorated and are no longer useful. However there are reports showing that they were able to acquire mobile labs that they could use to continue to produce new weapon systems with. Also some things can be frozen and paced in suspension until needed, so there is always that fear. Recently the Israelis were able to convince one of Sadaams body guard to defect. He has been saying that there are multiple storage and production sites, but that they are highly secret and in many cases far underground.
Another thing that bothers me is that there are a large group of scientists that are "guests" of Sadaam at one of his palaces. Also there are reports of scientists receiving fake death certificates for their loved ones. I guess I see it like this. He has broken every resolution along the way. Either we admit that the UN idea doesn't work (which I would love to see come true) or the UN has to put it's money (and it's members soldiers) where it's mouth is and enforce its "decrees". Tim -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 1:59 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Secretary Powell's Presentation Tim, I recall reading an interview with Scott Ritter in which he talked about the biological/chemical weapons facilities that Iraq had. He mentioned that the types of things they were then capable of creating were not easily preserved and only had a shelf-life of only a couple years. Any thoughts on how that plays into all of this? Iraq may very well _have_ had weapons, but there's a fair chance that they don't even exist anymore through no action or inaction on Saddam's part. That could put the evidence presented today in a different light. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 12:45 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Secretary Powell's Presentation > > > They wouldn't have been afraid of the inspectors seeing anything > like that. > The things they would be afraid of being found would be portable or long > range missile systems or portable labs. > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 1:38 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Secretary Powell's Presentation > > > "We have this modified vehicle. What do we say if one of them > sees it?" ... > could be a supped up Honda Civic driven by at 17 year old...LOL > > > > At 01:30 PM 2/5/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >transcript: > > > >http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/02/05/sprj.irq.powell.transcript/index.html > >Michele > > > >"Larry C. Lyons" wrote: > > > > > > France used to have a lot of commercial interests in Iraq, and like > Russia > > > wants more. > > > > > > larry > > > > > > At 01:18 PM 2/5/03 -0500, you wrote: > > > >I thought it was well-presented. I was surprised. > > > >The evidence was needed to show them how dire the situation > really is. > > > >Wonder how France will respond... > > > >(Why are they so unsupportive? Didn't we help their snobby asses in > > > >WWll ?) > > > >Michele > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
