WMD in IRAQ... Is it true we finally found them ???

Question

I heard the report that we found 500 of chemical and biological weapons.

Answer 1

Decider made me laugh and cry at the same time.

WASHINGTON — The United States has found 500 chemical weapons in Iraq since 2003, and more weapons of mass destruction are likely to be uncovered, two Republican lawmakers said Wednesday.

Apparently, the president thought it was a good idea to hide this information from us for 3 years?

Answer 2

It is true, but you need to read (and actually think about) the whole story.

It doesn't say that a bunch of WMDs were found today. What it does say is that hundreds of examples of chemical weapons have been found in Iraq since the invasion in 2003.

Those of us who never doubted, knew this already. I remember when it came out on CNN for about fifteen minutes that nerve agent traces had been found in Baghdad. I was living in Iraq at the time, and I remember it vivdly. But by the end of the hour, CNN was no longer running the story. I was, however, able to verify it through a friend who was working for the Coalition Provisional Authority at the time. This was early in 2004.

For many, it will never matter whether weapons were found or not. They believe that Bush lied, and that's that. They naively believe that Saddam gassed his own people with toothpaste or something, or else that he "destroyed" all his WMD immediately after the Gulf War in 1991. Whatever.

But I (and many others) know that these weapons were found. Not as many (yet) as originally predicted, but some. And I predict that many more will be found eventually.

Answer 3

Yes but they were found a long time ago and the news was just released. I would like to defend the WMD reason for going to Iraq as I feel that they are/were there but these 500 shells do not really count. I do believe they will find more if they reinstate the inspections. The 500 that were found were from 2003 I think and were manufactored before 91. They were no longer dangerous.

Answer 4

This story was reported three years ago---mustard gas shells found buried in the desert left over from the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988. Hussein most likely had them buried and then forgot about them. They were decayed to the point of uselessness. A commenter above made a snide remark about "Saddam putting an expiration date", but bio and chem weapons have a shelf life, they can't be buried indefinitely and then dug up and used.

What's happened now is two Senators (Hoefstra and Santorum) are throwing the story out there to try to make some noise in their reelection campaigns. I don't know Hoefstra but Santorum is trailing badly in the polls against Bob Casey Jr and needs something to fire up the sheep. The idea is that the sheep will hear the headline but not pay attention to the rest of the story. It worked, the far right-reptiles are all over the Net screeching about it.

Answer 5

Yes. And they were manufactured BEFORE 1991.

According to FNC:

Offering the official administration response to FOX News, a senior Defense Department official pointed out that the chemical weapons were not in useable conditions.

"This does not reflect a capacity that was built up after 1991," the official said, adding the munitions "are not the WMDs this country and the rest of the world believed Iraq had, and not the WMDs for which this country went to war."

The link for you:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,200499,00.html

Answer 6

(I might have known this story would originate from FOX news, sourced to two republican lawmakers - what a surprise!)
Why should we believe Dubya, and his puppeteers "intelligence"

OK i agree, a declassified piece of paper has been "found", but actual weapons, show me.

They are most likely part of the US. troups arsenal.

Remember agent orange - Vietnam
and who could forget Hiroshima, and Nagasaki

Saddam did USED to have WMD, the leaders of the USA supplied the materials, and helped him develop these weapons, and still supported him while he used them against the Kurds.
But Saddam destroyed his WMD so as not to give the leaders of the USA an excuse to invade his country, so the leaders of the USA fabricated "intelligence", because they desperately wanted to invade Iraq for their own profit , to give contracts to halliburton etc.,to steal/control the oil, and establish military bases in the area.

When you cannot question your own country, and it's system of government, then you have become a slave.

Answer 7

I wish they had found a more important cache of weapons. According to a pentagon official, these weapons are in such a state of decay that they could not be used for their intended purpose.

However, as the expression goes, where there's smoke, there's fire.

Why didn't Saddam destroy these weapons if they were worthless? Easy answer: if you said something to make Saddam mad, you were liable to find yourself with a cattle prod up your butt and the electricity turned on high.

So, his military people told Saddam these weapons were still in good shape, and could be used. Actually, no one has confirmed they couldn't be used; they might just be somewhat less potent. However, less potent still doesn't mean not lethal.

I firmly believe that Saddam had his weapons moved to Syria. Please read this website: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1162149/posts

Answer 8

Yes, but every liberal and Bush basher will find an excuse to discredit them:

1. Those aren't the weapons we were looking for (So WHICH WMD's are we looking for then?

2. They're expired ( Holy Crap, Saddam was thoughtful enough to put expiration dates on his nerve gas containers?)

3. They're not nukes (So?!?!?!?!)

4. Bush put them there (so THAT's what he was doing on his surprise visit to Iraq... cunning fellow that Bush)

Answer 9

Yes, it's true. It was on the news today as you say. The scary part is that many others have WMD and we don't know who. Just a question of time before a few are tossed.

Answer 10

No, WMD's in Iraq was an excuse (like terrorist being there before we invaded) to finish what Bush's dad started.