Proof of WMDs?

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-06-2003
Proof of WMDs?
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Mon, 05-17-2004 - 2:43pm
>>Sarin Nerve Agent Bomb Explodes in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb containing deadly sarin nerve agent exploded near a U.S. military convoy, the U.S. military said Monday. It was believed to be the first confirmed discovery of any of the banned weapons that the United States cited in making its case for the Iraq war.

Two members of a military bomb squad were treated for "minor exposure," but no serious injuries were reported.

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040517/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_sarin

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iVillage Member
Registered: 04-05-2004
In reply to: jadethief
Tue, 05-18-2004 - 5:10pm
Saddam Hussain claimed to have destroyed all Serin gas *before* the first gulf war.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-31-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Wed, 05-19-2004 - 10:01am
Goalposts being moved?! Wasn't it President Bush who went from talking about WMD to talking about WMDRPA ( Weapons of Mass Destruction Program Related Activites) as if no one would notice?
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-31-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Wed, 05-19-2004 - 10:34am
Could you please define "they"?

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iVillage Member
Registered: 04-05-2004
In reply to: jadethief
Wed, 05-19-2004 - 1:52pm
"They" would be the left-wing. Are you going to deny that it has been repeated over and over that there were "NO" weapons of mass destruction?
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-23-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Wed, 05-19-2004 - 2:25pm

Saddam Hussain


iVillage Member
Registered: 03-31-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Wed, 05-19-2004 - 2:57pm
No...I know some people have been saying that. But there are also alot of different shades of thought on this. Some say Iraq had no WMD. Others say they had no WMD stockpiles. Or no WMD made after 1994. Or they had WMD programs but not the actual weapons. The whole issue is very muddled, especially since the right tends to just hear the "no" part and then tear out their hair thinking the left is saying Saddam had nothing but lollypop factories. Nobody's saying that.

John Kerry has said that Saddam had weapons programs and needed to be disarmed (although he wanted to do it the sane way, through inspections and as a last resort, multilateral military action.) Hans Blix and David Kay have both said that although they believe there are likely no large amounts of WMD, they wouldn't be surprised if a few old caches turned up here and there. So your statement that "up until now THEY were saying there were no WMD" is an oversimplified statement, especially if you're pointing to just one artillery round.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-31-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Wed, 05-19-2004 - 3:13pm
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A good point. What the article should have said was "If confirmed in subsequent testing, the discovery would be teh first evidence of a banned WMD in Iraq since the war began. The Bush administration based its case for the war on the existence of stockpiles of WMD."

I'm sure you'll correct me if I'm wrong, but the only banned "weapons" (not program, equipment or substance) in the Kay report were those missles that went a bit further than they were supposed to. We certainly didn't go to war over those.

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-25-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Wed, 05-19-2004 - 4:38pm
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You know as well as I do that's a lie.

Renee

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-31-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Wed, 05-19-2004 - 6:08pm
I was just fixing the sentence from hugger's article for you to be accurate. If you'd like me to fix it to be accurate and entirely truthfull it would go something like this...

"The Bush administration based its P.R. for the war on the existence of stockpiles of WMD."

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-16-2003
In reply to: jadethief
Wed, 05-19-2004 - 7:07pm
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There is another option: the sell was recently filled. The last I heard any information they were sending the shell for examination. The quest was to find out whether a membrane separated the two ingredients. It was believed that Saddam didn't have this technology.

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