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To: jttmab who wrote (118877)	11/7/2003 11:36:52 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

And it seems that they were right. Nice to know you have so much faith in Saddam Hussein's honesty and good intent.. Maybe you should run for president.. Not a bad question. I would add a question to that, if he really had the weapons why didn't he fake the documents that said they were destroyed? Oh gee thanks.. And I'm sure the UNSCOM inspectors who were kicked out of Iraq for asking that very same question would appreciate your post-facto acknowledgment of their own views at the time.. Apparently you have NO IDEA what document that was, how it was found, and what repercussions derived from it's discovery.. Maybe you should brush up on the details before engaging in a discussion of the matter..: In July 1998, q seized from the hands of UNSCOM inspectors an Iraqi Air Force document indicating that Iraq had misrepresented the expenditure of over 6,000 bombs which may have contained over 700 tons of chemical agent.q continues to refuse to provide this document to the UN. usinfo.state.gov iraqwatch.org intellnet.org And finally in November, 2002 (AFTER the authorization to use force, and UNSC 1441 declaring Iraq in material breach), they cough up this document.. But do they provide an explanation as to the current status and location of these 6,000 weapons?? No.... So yes, jttmab... instead of joining the rest of the peacenik crowd who have put their heads in the sand, or are whistling past the graveyard, maybe... just maybe, you SHOULD be very scared... UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - An Iraqi arms document turned over to the United Nations (news - web sites) indicates Baghdad failed to account for 6,000 chemical warfare bombs in its recent weapons declaration, sources familiar with the dossier say. The account of the missing bombs, contained in the so-called "Air Force document," first came to light in July 1998. A U.N. inspector saw the six-page document and took a few notes before it was snatched from her hands during a 16-hour inspection search and standoff at the Air Force headquarters. After withholding the Air Force document since then, Iraqi officials handed it over to a U.N. inspector in Baghdad on Nov. 30. But Iraq gave no explanation for the missing weapons in its covering letter or in the 12,000-page weapons declaration submitted a week later, the sources said. And now maybe you should ask yourself why someone like myself should be required to brief you when you're "stumped" over "very good questions" that it seems the peaceniks are hell bent to utterly ignore or downplay. Hawk