"Jeff Rigby" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:21:15 +0000, NOYB wrote:


First reform: admit that there may have been something to the US
claims
that weapons and weapons equipment had been moved before the war.

Uh, the UN report says nothing about equipment being moved *before* the
war. The report is concerned with known dual use equipment that the UN
was actively monitoring until the war. Much of that equipment has now
gone missing while under nominal US control.

It's interesting you are willing to miss- characterize the report from
the evil UN, but completely ignore the US' own Iraq Survey Group's main
findings. Iraq did not possess chemical or biological weapons, and only
had aspirations of nuclear weapons. It further states, quite clearly,
that there is no evidence that WMD was moved to Syria.

Saying "we found no evidence" is a lot different from "there were no
weapons moved". Duelfer emphatically clarified this point when he issued
his assessment.

The report *did* mention that the transfer may have taken place, but that
the ISG could not confirm nor absolutely deny that it ever took place.

The Russians just about admitted when they complained about some of their
nationals being killed by our planes that they were removing
"incriminating technology" from Irag into Syria. Speculation was they
they were moving records, advanced SAM systems, GPS jamming systems,
Computers, missles and other equipment that they weren't allowed to sell
Saddam. Trucks were seen loading at sites north of Bagdad and driving
east. Since they had information on our satellite systems they could time
the travel so that we couldn't see where they went.


The day after we hit that convoy in early April, Condi Rice (an expert on
the former Soviet Union) went to Moscow to meet with Putin. Perhaps to say
"we know what you're doing. Cut it out, stay on the sidelines, and we'll
agree to keep it under lids."

Deputy undersecretary of defense, John Shaw, exposed the Russian involvement
right before the election, but we were still trying to use diplomatic
maneuvering with the them.

Interestingly, right after Shaw was silenced by the White House, Putin came
out and practically endorsed Bush. The backroom deal had been struck.