They’re probably confusing her with Beatrix Potter.
“Bunnies! It must be bunnies!!”
Ding ding ding! We have a winner!
And actually, the scrap metal looting is in no way confined to Saddam’s former weapons programs. I recall another recent news story (though I can’t remember where I read it–CNN, maybe?) that poked around one of the scrapyards in Jordan and found all kinds of apparently functional machinery from Iraqi oil facilities, including a lot of very valuable stuff.
Wait until they spread the stories that Saddam actually has an invisibility ray that he used to make the WMD invisible. And thus, beware, invisible Iraqi terrorists could be hiding under YOUR bed, too!
You fool! No one expects the Dutch Inquisition!
No, not bunnies. It’s Mr. Toad. “No teeth, no teeth.”
Actually, they said “weapons of mass destruction components”
When a “program activity” means that some scientists suspected other scientists of thinking about making plans, I’d hesitate to guess what exactly a ‘component’ is.
Gotta love this part:
“The briefing contained satellite photographs that demonstrated the speed with which Saddam dismantled his missile and WMD sites before and during the war. Council members were shown photographs of a ballistic missile site outside Baghdad in May 2003, and then saw a satellite image of the same location in February 2004, in which facilities had disappeared.”
Somehow, since the American Occupation began these sites that should’ve been heavily guarded have been looted.
This kind of points out the extreme folly of the GWB Admin’s pre-war planning for the post-war period.
I’ve made this same point myself many times.
The article is right on. It doesn’t represent good news for the Bush Admin though. It has recorded another example of their mendacity or incompetence.
The invasion of Iraq has made it even more likely that terrorists will get their hands on the WMD ‘components’ that Hussein had.
This is prob’ly why the GWB Admin hasn’t trumpeted this article.
hopefully, MrTuffPaws will be back to explain the intended impact of this story.
Quoting your self SimonX? Strange
Anyway, my intended impact of this story was:
They did exactly that, and it worked perfectly. The good news was that the UN inspectors couldn’t find them. The bad news was neither could they.
Rush said he wasn’t sure why no one was making a big deal about this World Tribune Report. As I had a minute…
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:11:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: “SimonX”
Subject: Why No One’s Making A Big Deal About the World Tribune Report
To: “Rush Limbaugh” <rush@eibnet.com>
Dear Mr. Limbaugh,
Because the report makes the Bush Admin look bad.
Publicizing the report would highlight the fact these weapons of mass destruction components were taken out of Iraq on the US’s watch. Highlighting this would highlight some shortcomings of the Bush Admin’s foreign policy venture in Iraq.
The report reveals the shoddy pre-war planning for the post-war period in Iraq. Some of the evidence for the shipments of the “weapons of mass destruction components” comes from satellite images taken starting in May 2003 when the US assumed responsibility of these weapons of mass destruction components.
That these weapons of mass destruction components could be taken out of country shows that there was insufficient security for these weapons of mass destruction components.
It was the US’s responsibility to provide this security for these weapons of mass destruction components. Poor pre-war planning prevented the military from being able to provide adequate security for the weapons of mass destruction components we went over there to secure.
And that’s why.
Sincerely,
Simon W. Moon ksc
I bet Queen Beatrix needed the WMDs to get rid of her daughter in-law’s father. I bet she kept them under her hat. Maybe under her hair. [which is the same, actually]
I don’t see how SA-2’s are relevant to a claim involving WMDs. SAMs aren’t WMDs.
How about some, you know, weapons of mass destruction?
Perhaps you missed the point of the OP, Sam. The OP was pitting the fact that the headline was SADDAM SHIPPED OUT WMD BEFORE WAR, AFTER. But nothing in the report demonstrates that Iraq shipped out any weapons of mass destruction, ever. You are citing evidence of completely different things.
I think that they’d be more accurately classified as the Axis of Fun, or Party Central, if you prefer.
From John Asscroft’s POV, what’s the difference? If it’s fun, it must be evil. Ban it!
Rickjay said:
Which is why I didn’t call them WMDs. I said that they showed Saddam was in violation of UN resolutions. Those missile engines were proscribed.
Which would be why I said they were different things. Are we not allowed to discuss other evidence in the same report?
May as well ask for hens teeth. It turns out that the Saddamites, terrorists, whatever have been trying to lay their hands on some of those nerve gas shells, and have had no luck even after offering $5,000 a pop:
Chemicals Not Found in Iraq Warheads
If neither Baathist holdouts nor the free market can uncover Saddam’s WMD stockpiles, the weapons just aren’t there.