Hi Nadine Carroll; Quotes from David Warren about those missing WMDs:
David Warren
November 21, 2001
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Owing to the lapse of U.N. weapons inspections, of the U.N.'s sanctions programme, and of the U.S. enforcement of Iraqi "no go" areas by the Clinton administration, Saddam has recovered a lot of ground, and is probably more dangerous today than he was when he invaded Kuwait in 1990. He has almost certainly mounted biological, chemical, and possibly also low-grade nuclear weapons (not proper nuclear explosives but so-called "dirty" radiative materials to be spread by conventional explosives) on the tips of his Scud fleet.
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davidwarrenonline.com
September 5, 2002
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At any moment, before or after the first formal U.S. strike, Saddam is likely to try to hit any U.S. base he can reach with biological or chemical weapons.
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davidwarrenonline.com
December 21, 2002
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The task in Iraq is no conventional invasion. It will be the first time the Americans, or any other large civilized military force, has gone in to disarm and remove a dictator whose defence depends almost entirely on the use of biological and chemical weapons.
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davidwarrenonline.com
February 6, 2003
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This is why the publication of actual proof is so anticlimactic. The people demanding proof [that Iraq has WMDs] were not going to change their positions after it was supplied. They predictably shifted the criteria for action another step higher, so that now they demand even more U.N. inspectors.
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davidwarrenonline.com
March 19, 2003
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To the west of the country, he has left disguised missile emplacements in the hope they can get off quick shots at Israel.
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In order to assist in spreading panic, this IV Army comes equipped with chemical weapons suiting; and may well have the weapons, too.
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There may well be little horrors scattered among them, in the hope of creating the appearance that the allies are themselves using chemical and biological weapons in attacks against civilian neighbourhoods.
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davidwarrenonline.com
March 25, 2003
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Moreover, as we shall soon learn, many of the most accomplished of Saddam's defenders behind the lines are, indeed, members of Al Qaeda, Hamas, and other terrorist groups who have received training in Iraq. We are unlikely to hear much about this, or about the capture of biological and chemical weapons sites, until the war is over (despite several interesting independent reports). This is because the allies are still benefiting from Saddam's hesitation to use weapons that may immediately cost him the support of his few remaining foreign friends. (I invite selected readers to look between my lines.)
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davidwarrenonline.com
March 29, 2003
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A Saddam content to fight by conventional and legitimate means, without terror connexions and international ambitions, would not have been invaded.
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I think the Iraqis were expecting the allies to take it [i.e. Basra] quickly, which they may have been wise not to do; for I fear a nerve gas or other chemical attack may be waiting on the inhabitants once the city falls -- as a warning to Baghdadis of what their fate could be.
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davidwarrenonline.com
-- Carl
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