Thursday, June 10, 2004

WMD Update

From SFGate.com:
U.N. weapons experts have found 20 engines used in banned Iraqi missiles in a Jordan scrapyard along with other equipment which could be used to make weapons of mass destruction, an official said Wednesday.

The discoveries were revealed to the U.N. Security Council by acting chief U.N. inspector Demetrius Perricos during in a closed-door briefing. The text was obtained by The Associated Press.

The U.N. team was following up on an earlier discovery of a similar Al Samoud 2 engine in a scrapyard in the Dutch port of Rotterdam. Perricos said inspectors also want to check in Turkey, which has also received scrap metal from Iraq.

The discoveries raise questions about the fate of material and equipment that could be used to produce biological and chemical weapons as well as banned long-range missiles.
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Matt's Chat

Indeed, these discoveries do indeed raise questions about the fate of Saddam's WMD. These are the same questions we've been trying to get answered for over 12 years. That is, afterall, a main point for going to war in Iraq was to try and get an answer to this question.

20 sounds like a lot to me. Would this qualify as a "stockpile?" Liberals, its time to move the goalposts again...

Mark's Remarks


(whistle) That is a 20 yard penalty for obstructing the truth and politicizing the war!

These hacks get me. Despite mounting evidence Saddam had weapons, these Hollywood and Limosine Liberals will only accept an EVIL underground lair complete in a sand dune or empty volcano (in Iraq?) complete with evil henchmen and a running soundtrack.