mirror.co.uk
If I were you, I would watch out for the discovery that Saddam Hussein has been using cellars and tunnels underneath mosques to hide his weaponry: a disclosure that might have its effect in the Muslim world and at the United Nations.
And when the regime falls, which it will do in any case, there will be some other uncoverings that will astonish the world. Secret prisons, mass graves, bizarre sites and maniac palaces... just you wait. On the question of Saddam's links to terrorism, attention is now beginning to focus on the Ansar-al Islam group in northern Iraq.
This gang, which has clear and demonstrable connections with al-Qaeda, is made up of Arabs who have recently fled Afghanistan. They are concentrated in the Kurdish areas which have declared their independence from Saddam's rule, and they spend all their time trying to destroy the leadership of the autonomous Kurdish zone.
If true, would it be a smoking gun?
reuters.com
U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton, Washington's top arms control diplomat, said Iraq has maintained an extensive program for the production of weapons of mass destruction, including long-range ballistic missiles banned since the 1991 Gulf War.
If true, smoking gun?
msnbc.com
UNDER RESOLUTION 1441, passed unanimously on Nov. 8 and accepted days later by Baghdad, U.N. inspectors must receive “free and unrestricted access” to manned and unmanned reconnaissance vehicles.
However, U.N. officials said Baghdad refused to guarantee the safety of the U-2 spy planes and made veiled threats to shoot down the aircraft.
what is your buddy hiding?
nytimes.com
"Today, we know from multiple sources that Saddam has ordered that any scientist who cooperates during interviews will be killed, as well as their families," Mr. Wolfowitz told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City. "Furthermore, we know that scientists are being tutored on what to say to the U.N. inspectors and that Iraqi intelligence officers are posing as scientists to be interviewed by the inspectors."
oh dear me....can't you feel the love? Makes you want to become a human shield, yes?
news.yahoo.com
"The regime is merciless in its bitter pursuit of any innocent man, woman or child.".. The women also denounced the systematic beheading of innocent women who belong to families suspected of opposing Saddam's regime. Ussayran said 16 innocent women were decapitated in front of their own children three months ago.
smoking gun may be a bit of stretch, maybe we should just say flailing sword? Makes you sort of feel all gushy inside, right PT?
Yes....I can see why we would not want to worry about Saddam...heck, I may have him over for a BBQ... |
