Blix: Saddam didn't have WMD

[Manix]

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Former chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said Tuesday it's becoming "increasingly clear" that Saddam Hussein's regime did not have any weapons of mass destruction.


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"My guess is that there are no weapons of mass destruction left," said Blix, who headed the team of U.N. inspectors that searched Iraq for more than three months before the war without making any significant finds. "I think many of the things that were said (about Iraq having them) were not sufficiently well-based."

Blix said he thought most of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction were destroyed in 1991.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-12-16-blix-iraq_x.htm

[CShine]

1. Gee, we already knew that. Why is this still making the papers?

[0007]

8. Because Blair & junior keep,

provoking gradual doubt and suspicion with suggestive statements to the people of the world and especially to the folks in the United States of America that Saddam Hussein had WMD.

That why and I'm glad we have a Hans Blix and a Scott Ritter, aren't you?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

12. The more it's in the papers, the more uncomfortable things get for Bush

[Virginian]

2. But the neo-cons say he had them, they wouldn't lie to me would they?

I heard some of Scarboro tonight and the logic was:
"The French and Germans even signed Resolution 1441 so he must have had them. Therefore they existed just before the war."

[pinniped]

3. So why isn't ASSHOLE BULLshyt in prison?

[otohara]

4. Blix Was Such A Disappoint

before invasion. I remember him saying lots of maybe's, possiblities, could very well be, haven't ruled out, Iraqi's not very cooperative.

Sheesh -

[nayt]

5. exactly

where was he before the invasion, when he could have actually made a difference? is he just trying to keep himself in the news?

[0007]

9. I think you watch too much FAUX!

Mr. Blix came out strongly against the war.

[priller]

13. Boy, you guys have short memories

Blix was quite outspoken against Bush's lies, while at the same time saying that the real situation in Iraq is unknown without getting inspectors back in. The the Bushies started a determined smear campaign against him.

[radfringe]

6. anyone hear the Rumsfeld statement yesterday?

I only caught part of it on NPR...

he said that he didn't expect to find WMD's by just running around in the desert and most likely WMD's will be found through people coming forward with information...

but but but but but but - a few months ago Rummy said that he KNEW where the WMD's were - they were outside of Tikrit....

man oh man, all this spin is making me dizzy

[Mountainman]

7. He's paving the way for team Bush to plant WMD evidence now

They will say that the same method used to find Saddam was used to find the WMDs. The public has accepted the credibility of that method and all they have to do is switch the object of the search from Saddam to WMDs.

See we new they had them all along. We used lower level people to rat on the upper level people until we reached the right point were we were told where the evidence is.

The repubs have to find WMD. If they do it blows all the anti war opposition?s position to hell. They will find them if the have to plant them somewhere. I just don't trust them not to do the obvious thing since the Saddam = 9/11 things still works so will any lie they tell work in there favor. Enough Americans want Bush to be doing the right thing that they will accept anything they say even if it could only be barely believable.

[warrior1]

10. So

How much trouble is the USA in for invading a country based on lies? How about for killing innocent people? Destroying Iraq's cities? Putting American's in harms way? Where is the bush cartel trial?

[0007]

11. You are absolutely correct!

Check out this five minute video and then pass it on to your friends about junior and his lies.

http://www.angelfire.com/creep/gwbush/remindus.html

[Nevernose]

17. They were only outside of Tikrit

in the sense that they were "somewhere to the north, south, east, or west of Tikrit." Thanks for narrowing it down, Rummy.

[Zero Gravitas]

14. No WMDs

We know it, the liars in the Administration must know it, but they keep pretending that the WMDS are out there waiting to be found, becuase they never ever make a mistake.

[missile_bender]

15. Senators were told Iraqi weapons could hit U.S

From Florida Today, a report that the administration told Congress "that Iraq not only had weapons of mass destruction, but they had the means to deliver them to East Coast cities."

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fl) said they got the news at a classified briefing before Congress voted to invade Iraq.

Props to Nelson for telling us. How many lies upon lies did Bush's folks tell Congress? Why isn't this story on the front page of the Washington Post and NY Times instead of pictures of bearded Saddam?

http://www.unembedded.com

[underpants]

16. were not sufficiently well-based

Sounds familiar.

[Hobarticus]

18. Keep this front and center...

...and keep beating the masses over the head with it.

[tlcandie]

19. Here's an interesting possibility...

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I listened to a Jordanian businessman who has worked in Iraq for years share his theory about why Saddam allowed himself to be captured alive. He feels Saddam didn't kill himself because he is ready to cut a deal with the US. They will ask Saddam where the WMD's are, and Saddam will tell them there are none. They will tell him they will put some in Iraq, and Saddam will lead the Americans to them, in exchange for allowing Saddam to be tried in the high court, rather than that which has been appointed (IGC) by the Americans in Iraq.
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