The implication of YOUR statement......
""And yet, we had Powell claiming at the UN that they can spray chemicals on a country thousands of miles away!""
Your statement is a lie!
You may want to read all of the following articles in their entirety. They are quite revealing.
Here are some fatcs that Powell & senior officials actually said.........
How Blix has failed the UN
However, on February 5, United States Secretary of State Colin Powell went public with intelligence indicating not only that these unmanned aircraft were in production, but that Iraq had been conducting experiments that would extend their flight range to as far as 500kilometres - that is, able to target Riyadh, Kuwait City, Tel Aviv, Cairo, Ankara, Doha or Tehran.
theage.com.au
The capacity of the unmanned aerial vehicle enable it to fly beyond the 150-kilometre range limit imposed by the UN.....
....On Sunday, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said that information provided by UN weapons inspectors about the drone was further evidence that Iraq was not complying with its international obligations....
channelnewsasia.com
We think it is a matter of serious concern," U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said. "The fact that this was not initially declared is another example of Iraq's failure to have told the truth with respect to its holdings when it submitted its declaration.....
....U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer both insisted Monday the drone was capable of dispensing biological and chemical weapons.
"This and other information shows Iraq has not changed," Powell said, adding that the discovery "should be of concern to everybody.""
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