Iraq Wmd Knowledge Base
Where is proof of WMD's in Iraq at the start of the current Iraq war? Every time someone here points out that Iraq did not have WMD's (used as a justification for the CURRENT war) when we (the US) invaded Iraq, there are a half dozen or so answers who adamantly state that Iraq did have those weapons. Where do you get that information? Where is the proof? give some links to documentation. If Iraq did have WMD's at the start of the CURRENT war, I want to know about it. Look, I know there weren't any. This is an attempt to get the people who still say there were WMD's to put up or shut up. I don't want to beat the dead horse here, I want to bury it. FREAKZILLA, so far you are the only one to point out any credible reference. Thank you!
Why don't we learn from the Iraq WMD lie and fiasco that the corporate media like CNN/Fox sold us on? Now we are at it again with Iranian nukes. Last time we went to war without proof (oh they had "sources") and now here we go again. Actually, there is even less proof than last time because we had sold Iraq chemical weapons in the '80s which they had dismantled long before we got there, but now we are again gearing up for blowing billions on Iran??? Any proof out there? Seriously, we have spent 600 billion on Iraq and lost 4000 soldiers.
Why do Liberals say that Bush lied about Iraq and WMD? When it was a known fact that he had them even before Bush was president? Why do Libs try to re-write history and ignore what really happened? Check out these videos if you want to see Democrats that supported going in to Iraq. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkS9y5t0tR0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY6BZgkI0kI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=457jp8VGhEE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0f5u_0ytUs&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFBl0fnMUVc&feature=related
Did they really find WMD in Iraq or did the Republicans lie again? - Found Some WMD About 500 artillery shells of Iraq/Iran war vintage with (degraded) Sarin component. A couple of wacky Republicans are trying to make this into something. So we've paid five soldiers lives and about $1 Billion per shell. (so far -- the meter is still running). Meanwhile, a deal on the estate tax repeal is nearly complete, leaving more of the borrowed cost of this war on the shoulders of future working-class Americans. You don't expect the rich who inherit their vast wealth to pay for Bush's excesses do you? That would be unfair. Of course the soldiers who go over there to die for the lies -- they and their families are paying a huge price. Someone has to do it so the top 1% can escape paying their fair share. Freedom ain't free, as you Bush Sheep like to say.
KIDS ONLY Under 18 yrs old. Do you really think that President Bush knew there wasn't WMD in Iraq? WMD = Weapons of Mass Destruction Many of us lived through that time and we remember from heart what happen but now that I see so many trying to rewrite history into something it wasn't, I'm wondering how many of those growing up under this cloud of confusion thinks the president knew Iraq didn't have WMD. Please indicate what grade you are in and where you think most of your information comes on this issue.
What about all the people who said there were no WMD in Iraq before the war? I knew before the war that Iraq had no WMD. Because I listened to people who knew what they were talking about, like Scott Ritter. People who didn't have a vested interest in Iraq oil, whether it had any WMD or not. They were also vastly outnumbered by people with a vested interest in Iraq oil, who significantly overlapped with those convinced of its WMD threat. Colonel, that says more about you and who you choose to listen to. And the UN resolution did not authorize force. christopherc, you didn't need foresight. You needed to know the evidence and the people that did, like Scott Ritter, knew there was no evidence of WMD in Iraq.
We gave iraq WMD so who is arming terrorists? we gave iraq the gas he used on his own people, but say we're not responsible for his actions . how does that square with iran giving weapons to insurgents and being held responsible for what the insurgents do.
If the Obama admin suddenly found WMD in Iraq, would he destroy the evidence? If the US military unexpectedly unearthed a huge stockpile of WMD in Iraq, and it was established that it was unquestionably left over from Saddam - would Obama admit that Bush was right? Or would Obama hide the discovery and destroy the evidence to avoid losing support, because condemnation of the "illegal war based on faulty intel" has been the central theme of all Democrat rhetoric for the past 5 years?
Anybody want to talk about Bush lying about WMD in Iraq? It appears that it will be difficult to claim that Bush went to war in Iraq on the false pretense that there were WMD in Iraq. Turns out there were samples of chemical weapons in the United Nations Building, in a cabinet, filed under Iraq. A reasonable person would have to conclude that there was a high probability that Iraq had continued to make chemical weapons, since they were playing a shell game with the inspectors.
What will liberals complain about now that terrorists are using WMD in Iraq? Chlorine gas is being used in Iraq now. What oh what will the liberals complain about now that WMDs are being used against people in Iraq? Shame so many people know so little about what a chemical weapon is or the difference between chlorine gas and chlorine powder or liquid. I wonder how people can develop opinions without knowing anything about the subject. I suggest starting by reading the manuals the military gives its soldiers about chemical weapons. The earlier versions are in public domain. Don't waste your time quoting a reporter who does not know that most gas based chemical weapons are combined with some form of explosive to release the gas from containment.
Who lied to whom about WMD in Iraq prior to the invasion? I had an interesting chat with a military intel officer who had recently returned from Iraq. For what it's worth, I thought I'd share the info he related to me with you. I had asked this officer about the misinformation regarding the WMD in Iraq prior to the invasion. What he told me was surprising. The intel about the WMD in Iraq came directly from Saddam Hussein himself. Our military had hacked onto Saddam's private phone lines and had been monitoring his conversations with his generals for years. During these conversations, on what Saddam thought was a secure line, our military listened in on his conversations about WMD development and deployment. Thru the years, Saddam had several generals executed for failures in developing the weapon systems Saddam wanted. Saddam's weapons development program was going nowhere until a certain general, whose name I didn't get, was appointed the task. After that man took charge great strides were reported to Hussein. This progress was backed up with gadgets and activity that was spotted on our spy satellites. Saddam was convinced over time by this general that Iraq possessed a ready system of WMD. According to the intel officer I spoke with, they even monitored Saddam ordering his general to use the WMD on our troops when the invasion began. The general stalled Hussein up to the last minute by telling Saddam of repeated technical problems that were preventing the firing of the weapons. The conclusion of military intelligence at the Pentagon was that this general simply lie to Hussein about his progress with WMD so he wouldn't be executed like the others who came before him. This info about wiretapping Hussein's secure lines has not been released to the public because of the problems that happened during the Reagan administration. Some of you should recall the incident during Reagan's term when 2 Russian migs shot down a US airliner over Korea. Reagan shocked the world by releasing the cockpit conversations of the Russian pilots. Up to that point, the Russians had no idea we could monitor their secure com lines. The Russians upgraded their security, and it took years for our guys to hack back into it. So there's the revelation. An Iraqi general lied to Hussein about building WMD to save his behind. Saddam believed him. Our intel officers believed him. And President Bush believed our intel officers. Althought I am not a Bush supporter, it is at least good to know Bush did not lie about the WMD. He was acting on what seem to be information from the horse's mouth. Any thoughts? As I mentioned, I am not a Bush supporter and still think his administration is completely incompetent. I no longer believe Bush lied about WMD based on my conversation with this officer.
Why did/do so many Americans believe the stories about WMD in Iraq? The entire world was told the same thing about Iraq having WMD, and while the rest of the world thought it was B.S., most Americans believed it. This is evidenced by the number of countries who did not join in the debacle. Why would an entire country fall for this? This is more of a psychology question. There are a number of answers which do not relate to the question, as there were no WMD found before the invasion. It is a question about groupthink, because many times I've heard "But we didn't know!" This is not about 'hating America'.
What did you think about that CSPAN broadcast of Bush joking around that he couldn't find WMD in Iraq? Bush played it off and joked some more about free speech still being legal in America and Americans can disagree with each other and that's why America is great! In case you missed it you can watch it here: http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/310707_bush_jokes_wmd.html http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/26/bush.wmd.jokes/index.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3570845.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1178547,00.html My cousin just sent me an e-mail from Iraq and there are a lot of really really really pissed off troops that have only just now seen the video of Bush joking around while there are people in the media and some politicians like Joeseph Lieberman eating steak and lobster and laughing along with him.
Who in the administration lost their job because there were no WMD in Iraq? I noticed that heads in the State Department are rolling over Blackwater. But who lost their job after Bush - falsely - told the world that Saddam had an arsenal of WMD? Not Condi Rice - she got promoted. Not Cheney and Rumsfeld - they stayed on. George Tenet got the Congressional medal of honor, so it wouldn't have been him. Paul Wolfowitz lasted to the end of Bush's first term and then was made president of the World Bank. ANYBODY lose their job over WMD?
Do you think the Iraq's WMD issue has been politicized to the point of being meaningless? What is commonly called Iraqi 'WMD' actually involves more than just functional nuclear warheads, but encompasses everything a government can do, buy or steal to produce a functional nuclear warhead? Is it so? The UN inspection regime that lasted a decade was not out to find functional nuclear warheads, even though that was one of the possibilities, rather the inspectors were trying to determine the extent of Iraq's efforts TOWARDS building a nuclear warhead? Is this so?
Do JEWS believe the legal use of IRAQ WAR? Past IRAQ WMD? The whole IRAQ issue created when ISRAEL "PROVED" beyond doubt IRAQ had WMD. ISRAEL circulated "DOCUMENTS" showing IRAQ's purchase of "yellow Cake"... Now Most Americans ( non-jewsih americans) have first hand proof of the BID ISRAELI lie. The question now : DO ALL JEWS still believe that we must be in IRAQ still after these big ISRAELI lies? winemkr ====== Read beyond the headline question. What is your opinion winemkr? Dont forment the answer please. ANOKHI ====== None of what was mentioned is personal opinion, they are all facts, Admitted by the President of the US of A and his zionist Neocon clique. The Q cant be anti-semetic since the author is "semetic"..
Since there are no WMD and saddam is dead, when will the US leave Iraq? There never were any WMD, and saddam is dead. What is the latest reason for the war in Iraq? Right wing blowhards assert we need to stay until 'the terrorists are all killed', but it seems the US occupying Iraq is what is fueling the insurgency. Since the objectives of the war keep changing, how will we know when we 'win'? Right wingers angrily insist we remain in Iraq, but they seem unable to give a clear picture on what the ultimate objective might be. Sorry, but 'bringing freedom to Iraq' is not a reason to fight this war.
What do you guys think about this video concerning Iraq's WMD program? It's about three minutes long and features your favorite Deomcratic leaders explaining to the American public what a great danger Iraq's WMD program was to us: http://www.bercasio.com/movies/dems-wmd-before-iraq.wmv Next time somebody drops the line "Bush's War" on you, educate them with this video.
Iraq WMD empty shell casings found? Didn't I read somewhere several months ago that about 500 empty WMD shell casings had been found in Iraq? Why didn't the media have follow-up stories? I sure didn't see any further reporting on the subject, and I thought we would see a lot.
Are the only WMD's in Iraq actually those left there by the USA? US tanks fired countless depleted uranium shells during Desert Storm and the current Iraq campaign. Each shell contains 4.5kg of pure uranium, and the radiation from these shells has led to predictions that radiation derived cancers in areas such as Basra will reach levels unseen since the Chernobyl disaster. Well done Dubya (and your dad), if the WMD's weren't there before, they certainly are now
Anybody want to talk about Bush lying about WMD in Iraq? It appears that it will be difficult to claim that Bush went to war in Iraq on the false pretense that there were WMD in Iraq. Turns out there were samples of chemical weapons in the United Nations Building, in a cabinet, filed under Iraq. A reasonable person would have to conclude that there was a high probability that Iraq had continued to make chemical weapons, since they were playing a shell game with the inspectors.
Does the absence of WMD's invalidate the war in Iraq? Hypothetical situation: A man pulls a gun on a cop. The cop’s partner who the man doesn't see shoots and kills the man. Later it is determined that the man had no bullets in his gun. Does that make the partner a murderer? Of course not, the partner responded appropriately to a legitimate threat. The absence of bullets after the fact does not change the situation. Does this hypothetical situation parallel the war in Iraq? Saddam said he had weapons of mass destruction, the world believed he did, the Democrats and Republicans believed him and voted to act to remove him. Then after we did we found no WMD's, he had no bullets in his gun so to speak. Does that mean it was wrong to go over there? Should we have just left at that point leaving Iraq in shambles for a new tyrant to take over? Even though many senators and congressman voted to respond to the threat in Iraq, should George W. Bush get all the blame? Should there be any blame, and if so who should share it?
Can someone tell us the conservative version of reality on Iraq and WMD? I know what Hans Blix has said, what David Kay has said, what Charles Duelfer has said, what Colin Powell has said, and what several inquiries in the UK have said. They say Iraq has no WMD, and hasn't had any since 1994 at the latest. They say Iraq gave up its nuclear program after the Gulf War and never re-started it. Now can someone give me the current conservative version of this reality? Good question Chloe. But it doesn't change mine. No tinker, they said Iraq destroyed them when the UN ordered them to. LeAnne, my gut would tell me it was a good thing Hans Blix was on the ground reporting that Iraq was not interfering with his inspections.
Was mustard gas, or any other WMD, found in Iraq during the present war there? I keep up with the news, and a friend who also keeps up with the news are having a difference of opinion on this subject. I don't care about your opinion on the war. Just tell me--was mustard gas or any other WMD found in Iraq in this century? The three versions I've heard are: There were no WMDs in Iraq. Rumsfeld made a mistake which he soon retracted that started the rumor that they had been found, but the conservative media outlets didn't give the retraction/correction nearly the coverage they gave to the original statement, so the rumor remained. Some inert weapons were discovered, but they were made no later than 1992 and are useless today. They should have been reported by Sadaam, but weren't. Several canisters of chemical weapons were found in Iraq. They weren't the ones our intellegence thought were there--but some were found. Thanks, and sourcing your answers would be appreciated. Searches on news services haven't really cleared the matter up for me.
Where can I read about Iran Nukes / Iraq WMD parallels? Of all the articles that I've read, nobody has mentioned the obvious parallels between supposed Iran nukes and the nonexistent Iraq WMDs and the obvious fact that even if Iran has nukes, that's not the reason that Iran is being demonized in the press, but because the corporations that Bush spoils own the misinfotainment military industrial complex and want to tout the party line. But there must be ONE article or book or website out there since not everybody can be bought off so cheaply and anybody with even the most basic of critical thinking skills can see that Iran’s having nukes means absolutely nothing since every country can be deemed dangerous and therefore Iran is being targeted for some financial gain that I haven’t read about yet. Even newspeople know what the real deal is as they go about spewing the fire-and-brimstone sky-is-falling rhetoric. I tried to Google it and got a trillion sites… none of which gave me what I wanted. So help me out, please. Thanks! Or maybe it's because they want to be right about a Middle Eastern place actually having something dangerous, regardless of of that place's motives, so that people will forget about the WMD-less Iraq.
Why do you think people are still believing the Lie that WMD were not found in Iraq? A few weeks back we learned that indeed nuclear material that could be loaded into missiles was found in the early days of the Iraq war, and that the Military didn't report it until it was safely removed from the country under concerns that terrorists would try to obtain, or sabotage the removal. Why is do you think the general public will not pay attention to this, and still believe The American people were lied to.
Cause for the war in Iraq. WMD or no? Did anyone else find it interesting that the Bush administration swore up and down that there were WMD's in Iraq; and upon not finding any focused on the "freedom of Iraqis"? The problem I find with the whole freedom thing is the timing of the situation. If freedom was such a big concern, then why not invade earlier? There are many other nations that do not have freedom, are they next? What gives the United States the right to decide who gets democracy and who does not? Does anyone else see it this way?
Question about Iraq & WMD's? I don't remember if this question was ever asked to President Bush before the war in Iraq started...but if it was, what was Bush's response.... "What if we go in to Iraq and find No wmd's?" Did Bush have a strategy for Iraq if there were no weapons? Was this even discussed? If so who asked him that question (which politician or media outlet?) and what was his reponse??
Did you know that when we entered Iraq, WMD left? There were witnesses to this. That Saddam gassed Israel at the end of the Gulf war. That also Saddam gassed His own people by the 1000s, & many of those people were Christian. He obviously had the capability to do so since he did it. Do, you think Iraq would still have WMD if we never went into Iraq? Thanks Schneb. Georges Sada came to our church last year and told us, plus much more. Thanks for the web site. skallet5, God protected Israel & that is the only reason none got killed. According to Georges Saga, Saddams plan was to gas Israel. Georges Saga attempted to discourage Saddam from doing this. But Saddam didn't listen.
What was the source of the Iraq WMD intelligence? They say a note was sent to bush telling him about wmd's in iraq? was it from the CIA? how exactly did they obtain this info? satellite pictures, undercover spies in iraqi government, or what? why didn't the president call up the exact guy in the CIA who sent him that note, so he could ask him exactly how sure he was? why did the note not specify what type of WMDs there were? it could have been anthrax, nuclear waste bombs, briefcase nukes etc, but all we hear on the news is "WMD". They make it sound very vague and mysterious on the news like the CIA just looks in a crystal ball or something.
What would have been an accecptable WMD find in Iraq? Considering the munitions found (about 500 or so) and the chemical factories found and shut down... What could we have found that would have satisfied the opposition? SOURCES : http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/08/14/alleged_chemical_weapons_factory_uncovered_in_iraq http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/Iraq_WMD_Declassified.pdf goo_head - That is exactly right! Because you only know what the media reports! McSame - these are OLD reports, my friend!
Did you know U.N. Launches Iraq WMD Investigation? http://news.newsmax.com/?lWYV3qOuvqi5FL.NFcTp3DQKDQl 2. U.N. Launches Iraq WMD Investigation United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has launched a formal investigation into an incident on Aug. 30 when U.N. arms inspectors thought they had found old Iraqi WMD samples in their New York City offices. ________________________________________ KrazyKyngeKorny(Krazy, not stupid) ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
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