I know they have been found but would like more details along with good sources. For those who want to get on here just to criticize Bush: EVERY intelligence agency in the world said he had them. He used them on his own people and 911 showed he could easily use them on us. If that doesn't spell out "growing threat" I don't know what does.
2006-07-19 15:30:39 · 14 answers · asked by lend322 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I heard rumors but I have not seen it announce on any accredited news source so I do not believe it.
2006-07-19 15:32:54 · answer #1 · answered by IzzyT 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did hear that WMDs had been found in Iraq but never did get any details. However, according to former Iraqi General Georges Sada, 56 sorties were made using commercial 747s and 727s in June 2002, transfgerring WMDs from iraq to Syria. On June 4, 2002 a three mile long irrigation dam along the Orontes River in Syria failed, flooding 40 square miles and devastating three small towns. Under the guise of providing "humanitarian aid" to the flood victims Saddam Hussein transferred "hundreds of tons of chemicals, armaments, and other paraphenalia" into Syria just before the war started.
2006-07-19 15:38:56 · answer #2 · answered by Wayne W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The report came from a public congressional speech. Since my newspaper never quoted when the speech took place I can only tell you I think it was reported last week. The 500 containers/shells were mostly chemical (such as mustard gas) and not nuclear or biological (such as small poxs).
Although 4 or 5 years after the invasion they were mostly junk, it doesn't mean they weren't fresh just before the invasion. It seems they lose their power with age.
It also doesn't account for those blown up in the shock and awe campaign. Imagine what would have happened to 500 shells in an ammo depot hit by 2 2,000 lbs bombs. Chances are the evidence those 500 shells would have existed are extremely thin as they would have been vaporized.
2006-07-19 15:48:51 · answer #3 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush does cook the books nicely. He also runs a fine worldwide propaganda machine. If there was as much as a teaspoonful of WMD, such as the 20 million gallons of agent orange the US soaked the Vietnamese with, you'd have heard about it straight from Bush's mouth. Maybe he just isn't looking hard enough. There was that metal fitting buried under a rose bush.
Oh wait, what about those poisonous bullets the US uses, you know, the depleted uranium bullets they shoot at the fleeing Iraqis when the US massacres small towns such as Falluja or Haditha. They're very clever, if you just blow the Iraqi half up, the radiation gets the rest. It's a slow death, but who cares. They could dig a few of those out of some dead Iraqis and claim they found them and blame that on Saddam.
2006-07-19 15:40:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There weren't any other than the ones Bush used on the WTC. Do you think that you are going to get the truth from government regulated media. If you don't think the government doesn't control it you are already brainwashed. Google the movie "Loose Change" it's free to download. Watch it and then try to think of a question to ask about this meaningless war.
2006-07-19 15:39:38 · answer #5 · answered by Dustin D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
none of the ones Bush said he had...
I call 9-11 a much better sign of a growing threat... but Bush said he doesn't "care" where Osama is...
which is more of a threat... a group that killed 3,000 on U.S. soil... or 500 shells that are 20 years old and only barely work halfway around the world...
I know the answer... I doubt you do...
2006-07-19 15:36:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1077 metric tons enriched uraninum
1500 gallons chemical weapons
roadside bomb loaded with sarin gas
1,000 radioactive materials
17 chemical warheads
500 weapons of mustard gas
On July 14, 2006, the Boston Globe said it the evidence mounts that there were WMDs during Saddam's reign as he used them on his people.
2006-07-19 16:23:47 · answer #7 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They ended the search for WMD in Iraq last year because they didn't find any.
2006-07-19 15:37:25 · answer #8 · answered by superflygurl123 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah? They found WMD's in Iraq? From which sources do YOU draw?
2006-07-19 15:35:15 · answer #9 · answered by HistoryOne 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy enough, I searched "WMDs found sarin shell" and among the results I got
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/22/060622055545.07o4imol.html
and
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/26/iraq.duelfer/
2006-07-19 15:38:10 · answer #10 · answered by miknave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋