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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (123190)1/14/2004 5:52:08 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Respond to of 281500
 
Who says there was 500 tonnes in the first place. Perhaps 500 tonnes were entered into stock accounting, but really that was just a paper entry to enable some cash to be sent to the right people instead

I think that's all well and good to HOPE that this was the case..

But the fact that UN inspections were halted because this document was confiscated from the inspectors and not ultimately returned until November, 2002 (with no accounting), was indicative that their was subterfuge being waged on the part of the Iraqis.

They had something to hide Maurice.. They may have later destroyed or shipped/sold those 6,000 warheads, but they certainly seemed concerned about not letting UNSCOM have that document for 5 years.

Hawk



To: Maurice Winn who wrote (123190)1/14/2004 7:06:51 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
A place like Iraq isn't going to have good records or any.


According to most observers, the Ba'athist regime was quite a meticulous record-keeper. Not up to German standards perhaps, but they didn't just lose things.