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On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>wrote: > Whoops! I forgot to attach the attachment! > > Apologies! > > Keith > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Keith In Tampa > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hey Michael, >> >> Maybe that great Irish American, Jude Wannanski might want to take up his >> research, and resources with John Negroponte, and the United States >> Congress. (*See* Attachment, in .pdf format, from June 21, 2006). >> >> Below is info from the Congressional Research Office, of the weaponry that >> was unaccounted for, and at the time that we invaded Iraq, none of these >> biological weapons had been located. Again, *See* Attachment....We did >> find some of them. >> >> Below that, is other articles that conclusively prove that not only did we >> discover that there had been biological weaponry and potential nuclear >> weaponry in Iraq, but we still, to date, have not accounted for all of >> Saddam Hussein's and the Baath Party's weaponry. >> >> Anything else, is nothing but far left, liberal mainstream spin and bias, >> which folks like Tom fall for and quote, hook, line and sinker. >> >> Tommy, there is some "special" information for you, as well as a You Tube >> video clip for you to watch at the bottom of this message: >> >> =========== >> >> From the Congressional Research Service: April, 1998: >> >> http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/crs/98042705_npo.html >> >> >> >> Iraq has also acknowledged that prior to the >> Persian<http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/crs/98042705_npo.html#>Gulf conflict >> it >> manufactured 100 botulinum bombs, 50 anthrax bombs, and 7 aflatoxin bombs. >> In addition, 16 missile warheads were filled with botulinum, five with >> anthrax bacillus, and four with aflatoxin. >> >> >> U.S. and British intelligence agencies believe that Iraq has hidden >> stores of CBW agents, production equipment, ballistic missiles, and >> missile warheads. UNSCOM has reported no firm evidence that Iraq still >> retains weapons or materiel, but the Iraqi government has not provided >> adequate evidence to support its claim that all its CBW arsenal has been >> destroyed, nor has it accounted for CBW production materials known to have >> been in its possession. These factors, coupled with Iraqi obstruction of >> UNSCOM inspections, have led to strong suspicions. U.S. and British >> intelligence agencies believe that Iraq still may possess tons of chemical >> warfare agents and the necessary materials to produce thousands of liters of >> biological agents. UNSCOM and U.S. intelligence differ in their estimates of >> the number of actual missiles that may still be in Iraq. Again information >> is sketchy. In part, this is because much is classified, but even the >> classified information is reportedly incomplete. A recent report issued by >> the British government, however, provided some information (Foreign and >> Commonwealth Office -- >> (http://193.114.50.5/texts/1998/feb/04/iraqppr.txt). >> >> >> -- British intelligence believes that up to ten SCUD missiles capable >> of carrying CBW warheads remain hidden. >> >> -- UNSCOM reports that between 40-70 CBW-capable missile warheads are >> unaccounted for. >> >> >> -- Iraq possessed enough growth medium to produce over 16,000 liters more >> anthrax spores than has been acknowledged. >> >> >> -- 4,000 tons of CW precursor chemicals are unaccounted for; enough to >> produce several hundred tons of CW agents. >> >> >> -- 31,000 CW munitions remain unaccounted for. >> >> >> >> -- Essential CW production equipment remains unaccounted for. >> >> >> >> -- It is believed that Iraq may retain undetermined amounts of Ebola >> virus, bubonic and pneumonic plague bacteria, and the toxin ricin. >> >> >> ======================== >> >> Thursday, 19 December, 2002, 16:35 GMT >> *Iraq's 'unaccounted for' weapons* >> >> By Paul Reynolds >> BBC News Online world affairs correspondent >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2590265.stm >> >> >> Chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has said Iraq's new declaration >> contains little information that had not been declared by Baghdad before >> 1998 when UN arms experts were last in Iraq. >> >> The US and UK have long had concerns about what is described as >> unaccounted for chemical, biological and nuclear material. Their assessments >> were partly based on a report by the weapons inspections organisation >> Unscom, predecessor to Unmovic. >> >> In early 1999, Unscom gave the Security Council its own assessment of what >> Iraq had destroyed and what remained unaccounted for. >> >> The US and UK want a full explanation of what happened to the following: >> >> >> - 360 tonnes of chemical warfare agents, including 1.5 tonnes of VX >> nerve agent; >> >> - 3,000 tonnes of chemical precursors (which are developed into >> chemical weapons) including 300 tonnes uniquely used for VX. >> >> The 1999 Unscom report said: >> >> "According to Iraq, 1.5 tonnes of VX were discarded unilaterally by >> dumping on the ground. Traces of one VX-degradation product and a chemical >> known as a VX-stabilizer were found in the samples taken from the VX dump >> sites. A quantified assessment is not possible." >> >> >> *Biological* >> >> Britain and America want to know about: >> >> Growth media for 20,000 litres of biological warfare agents. Any Iraqi >> claims that this will have degenerated will not be accepted as mustard gas >> found in shells in 1997 was active; >> >> Shells for use in biological warfare - 20,000 are missing say the British, >> 15,000 say the Americans; >> >> >> Unscom said in 1999: >> >> "The commission has little or no confidence in Iraq's accounting for >> proscribed items for which physical evidence is lacking or inconclusive, >> documentation is sparse or nonexistent, and coherence and consistency is >> lacking. >> >> These include, for example: quantities and types of munitions available >> for biological weapons (BW) filling; quantities and types of munitions >> filled with BW agents; quantities and type of bulk agents produced; >> quantities of bulk agents used in filling; quantities of bulk agents >> destroyed; quantities of growth media acquired for the programme; and >> quantities of growth media used/consumed. >> >> In addition, the commission has no confidence that all bulk agents have >> been destroyed; that no BW munitions or weapons remain in Iraq; and that a >> BW capability does not still exist in Iraq." >> >> *Chemical warfare munitions* >> >> Washington and London demand disclosure on: >> >> 6,000 chemical warfare bombs. >> >> >> Unscom said: >> >> The commission has accepted the destruction of about 34,000 munitions on >> the basis of multiple sources, including physical evidence, documents >> provided by Iraq etc. However, it has not been possible to achieve a >> numerical accounting of destroyed munitions due to heavy bomb damage of the >> CW storage >> facilities<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#>, >> where these munitions had been stored during the Gulf war. The destruction >> of about 2,000 unfilled munitions remain uncertain, 550 filled munitions >> remain unaccounted for. >> >> Other key concerns for the US and UK include the following: >> >> >> - Why did Iraq try to import 60,000 aluminium tubes? Rapidly spinning >> rotor tubes in centrifuges are used to separate weapons grade uranium, >> though both the British and American reports acknowledge that the tubes >> could be used for conventional weapons as well. >> >> >> Why did it try to import other equipment, including vacuum >> pumps<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#>, >> a winding machine and special chemicals needed in gas >> centrifuge<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#>cascades? >> >> >> >> ============================================= >> >> I don't think there is any argument, by anyone who keeps abreast of >> current affairs and world events, that all of the Western World believed at >> the time of the United States' invasion of Iraq, that Saddam Hussein >> possessed biological and chemical weapons, and was attempting to obtain >> nuclear weaponry. Hell, we, (MNO's from Germany, the United States and >> Great Britain) sold them to Hussein and his government! Anthrax, VX nerve >> agent, and a variety of other weapons of mass destruction were never >> accounted for by Saddam Hussein and his Baath Party led Iraqi government, as >> late as 2003. >> >> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june03/wmd_5-29.html >> >> As stated, I attached a declassified file from the United States Senate >> where 500 canisters for missile armament tips of nerve agent were found in >> 2006. >> >> No major media outcry over that. Hardly a peep from mainstream media when >> 550 metric tons of yellow cake was recently shipped to Canada from Iraq, >> just this year: >> >> http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2008/07/07/msm-yawn-550-met... >> >> >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-elliott/weapons-of-mass-destructi_b_23650.html >> >> http://stke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/2003/203/pe42 >> >> Former President Clinton believed that Iraq possessed weapons of mass >> destruction: >> >> http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040109015020.8ivyabdw.html >> >> Tom, you stated that President Bush lied, and that no one in their right >> mind could have believed Saddam, however this video is pretty convincing to >> me, that Iraq could have in fact possessed weapons of mass destruction: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FiD7xsSw6s >> >> But lets move on. >> >> > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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