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Posted by Renegade on May-28-2003 05:53:

US Finds Hidden WMDs

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story...,965319,00.html

Posted by malek on May-28-2003 10:18:

hahahah

Posted by JohnSmith on May-28-2003 15:19:

LMAO!

Posted by ZinG on May-28-2003 15:25:

if it's true how come no other news publishing it?

Posted by Eugene on May-28-2003 15:46:

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Originally posted by ZinG
if it's true how come no other news publishing it?

indeed.

Posted by occrider on May-28-2003 16:09:

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Originally posted by ZinG
if it's true how come no other news publishing it?

Cuz it's not that big of a deal ... it's a headline grabber.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...-2003May26.html

It was a non-virulent form of anthrax (similiar to the kind generated naturally in the wild) and what would you expect to be in a chemical weapons plant/dump from the 60's?

Posted by Renegade on May-29-2003 05:59:

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Originally posted by occrider
Cuz it's not that big of a deal ... it's a headline grabber.

But then the article makes this point:

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The anthrax was a non-virulent strain, and the discoveries are apparently remnants of an abandoned germ warfare programme. They merited only a local news item in the Washington Post.

But suspicious finds in Iraq have made front-page news (before later being cleared), given the failure of US military inspection teams to find evidence of the weapons that were the justification for the March invasion.

Even more embarrassing for the Pentagon, there was no documentation about the various biological agents disposed of at the US bio-defence centre at Fort Detrick. Iraq's failure to come up with paperwork proving the destruction of its biological arsenal was portrayed by the US as evidence of deception in the run-up to the war.

It identifies serious hypocracy in the US (and probably world-wide) media as well as in the US government/military. Why should the Iraqi government be forced - at the end of a gun barrell - to abide by one set of laws while the US are free to bury 2,000 tonnes of dangerous material in someones backyard?

Posted by PeacefulWarrior on May-30-2003 08:08:

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The bad news was that the stash was found, not in Iraq, but fewer than 50 miles from Washington, near Fort Detrick in the Maryland countryside.

lol

Posted by biodigit on May-30-2003 13:12:

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Originally posted by ZinG
if it's true how come no other news publishing it?

hahaha this shit is just way too funny! for how long some of you war-mongers are gonna be in such denials huh??? you're not gonna find any fucking WMD's in Iraq and this war was completely un-justified (mainly due to the reasons that were given to go there)
I can see atleast people like occrider..who was FOR the war...but now he has doubts about it...i admire this guy for that. but some of you will always never WANT to believe that you were wrong! and that is just sick and the sad truth that exists within us!

Posted by occrider on May-30-2003 13:37:

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Originally posted by Renegade

It identifies serious hypocracy in the US (and probably world-wide) media as well as in the US government/military. Why should the Iraqi government be forced - at the end of a gun barrell - to abide by one set of laws while the US are free to bury 2,000 tonnes of dangerous material in someones backyard?

This argument again . Because they agreed to it at the end of the first gulf war ... unlike virtually every other country out there. This is why Russia, France, N. Korea, China , etc., etc., etc., can have chemical weapons.

Do we really have to bring all this up again?

Posted by biodigit on May-30-2003 13:55:

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Originally posted by occrider
This argument again . Because they agreed to it at the end of the first gulf war ... unlike virtually every other country out there. This is why Russia, France, N. Korea, China , etc., etc., etc., can have chemical weapons.

Do we really have to bring all this up again?

But you know due to lack of evidence...it doesnt give you a right to go barging (sp?) in to somebody's country like that. Especially when the US was accussed of sending spies as weapons inspectors? so there are lot of underlying factors...for Iraq not to comply...especially when they're being bullied by the super power and they cant do jackshit about it.
we need to get rid off that 'everything is black & white' mentality we have. its not gonna get us anywhere in this world.
We know that Iraq was at fault and so was US!! and not admitting to our wrong doings is not gonna help us solve the problems we have now in this world.

Posted by occrider on May-30-2003 15:06:

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Originally posted by biodigit
But you know due to lack of evidence...it doesnt give you a right to go barging (sp?) in to somebody's country like that. Especially when the US was accussed of sending spies as weapons inspectors? so there are lot of underlying factors...for Iraq not to comply...especially when they're being bullied by the super power and they cant do jackshit about it.
we need to get rid off that 'everything is black & white' mentality we have. its not gonna get us anywhere in this world.
We know that Iraq was at fault and so was US!! and not admitting to our wrong doings is not gonna help us solve the problems we have now in this world.

I'm not arguing the correctness of the war, I'm responding to renegade as to why Iraq cannot have chemical weapons whereas the US or any other country can.

Posted by PeacefulWarrior on May-30-2003 17:26:

Posted by occrider on May-30-2003 17:43:

Hmmm it is almost onion worthy ...

Posted by Dmatrox on May-30-2003 21:24:

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The US germ warfare programme at Fort Detrick was officially wound up in 1969, but the base has maintained a stock of nasty bugs to help maintain America's defences against biological attack.

the base is maintaining nasty bugs to help defend against a biological attack HOW??? isnt that contradictory?

Posted by zarathustra on May-30-2003 23:07:

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Originally posted by Dmatrox
the base is maintaining nasty bugs to help defend against a biological attack HOW??? isnt that contradictory?

I guess so research can be done to find treatments.