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To: jttmab who wrote (174356)	11/6/2005 7:42:15 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

So now you're accusing Colin Powell of lying too, eh?? Something tells me that Colin Powell would not have said it unless he had confirmed his information with a credible intelligence analyst. After all, State Dept has its' own intelligence department and they think they're the best (and sometimes they even are.. ;0) Btw, 500 tons was the estimate because Iraq was discovered to have lied in its disclosures of how many warheads they claim to have used during the Iran-Iraq war.. The discrepancy was some 500 warheads, including many bombs.. (each of which would fill numerous rocket warheads).. But hey.. why not just read UNMOVIC last report from March, 2003, some 13 days before Bush made the decision to overthrow Saddam. Some 175 pages of OUTSTANDING UNRESOLVED ISSUES related to Iraq's WMD and missile programs. globalsecurity.org In particular, ready Page 50 where UNMOVIC cites that Iraq used some 6,500 FEWER Chemical warheads against Iran than originally disclosed in 1991. The discovery of this document by UNSCOM in 1998, its confiscation, and Iraq's refusal to turn the document over to the UN until December, 2002, was a primary reason that the intelligence community believed there was unaccounted for chemical material weighing in the tonnes. It's NEVER been accounted for.. Not even to this day after the Iraq Survey Group investigated the issue. They were forced to write if off as "bad accounting" as I recall (I'd have to recheck the Duelfer Report to see if we even addressed it in the final release).. All I remember is that I discussed it various analysts while I was a member of the organization. Bottom line.. Iraq had 90 days to resolve these issues... They chose not to do so.. Which left them in breach of UNSC 1441, and NSC 687.. End of case.. Hawk