Friday, July 16, 2004
WMDs Smuggled Out Of Iraq-UN Confirms
Vanguard, Ron Martin: In a report which might alternately be termed “stunning” or “terrifying”, United Nations weapons inspectors confirmed last week not merely that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, but that he smuggled them out of his country, before, during and after the war.
Late last week, the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) briefed the Security Council on Saddam's lightning-fast dismantling of missile and WMD sites before and during the war.
UNMOVIC executive chairman Demetrius Perricos detailed not only the export of thousands of tons of missile components, nuclear reactor vessels and fermenters for chemical and biological warheads, but also the discovery of many (but not most) of these items - with UN inspection tags still on them -- as far afield as Jordan, Turkey and even Holland.
This is the biggest news story of 2004 so far. Yet you haven't heard about it, have you?
Read more on this subject in Related Hot Topics:
Iraq is Free; But Where Are the WMDs?
Senate Intel Report: Saddam's Nuke Scientists Active Until War
Vanguard, Ron Martin: In a report which might alternately be termed “stunning” or “terrifying”, United Nations weapons inspectors confirmed last week not merely that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, but that he smuggled them out of his country, before, during and after the war.
Late last week, the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) briefed the Security Council on Saddam's lightning-fast dismantling of missile and WMD sites before and during the war.
UNMOVIC executive chairman Demetrius Perricos detailed not only the export of thousands of tons of missile components, nuclear reactor vessels and fermenters for chemical and biological warheads, but also the discovery of many (but not most) of these items - with UN inspection tags still on them -- as far afield as Jordan, Turkey and even Holland.
This is the biggest news story of 2004 so far. Yet you haven't heard about it, have you?
Read more on this subject in Related Hot Topics:
Iraq is Free; But Where Are the WMDs?
Senate Intel Report: Saddam's Nuke Scientists Active Until War
