Nuclear arms found in Iraq?

[boxster]

http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040721-081009-2541r.htm

Oh, boy. This is about to get interesting.

I guess this is the July surprise....

[Zynx]

1. That is so much bullshit. If he had nuclear weapons, he would have used

them.

[MaineDem]

2. Consider the source! (nt)

[shockingelk]

9. Consider 6 meters (20 feet) of concrete

There'd be no reason I can think of to have that much ... anybody know? Would that aid in blocking radioactivity?

I'd guess this is an exaggerated report more of those Russian missiles with a DU payload and are therefore marked with a radioactive symbol. NewsMax or WND tried to pass those off as "nuclear weapons" a few months ago.

[boxster]

11. Agreed. And not a word yet from...

the "biggies" - CNN, MSNBC, NYT, etc. If it were true, CNN would already be giving it a name and a banner - "Nukes in Iraq".

Though, I have to admit - if it's a fake, it's a pretty outlandish story for UPI to be reporting and for the Times to be publishing. Journalistic integrity further surrenders.

[mac56]

13. "Washington Times" and "journalistic integrity"

don't belong in the same sentence.

[Cocoa]

14. the "biggies" reported plenty of these outlandish stories

last April and May, stories like this came out on a weekly basis.

[boxster]

18. True. Though, the stories then weren't about nukes.

Claiming Iraq has nukes - and being very specific about it: "Iraqi security reportedly discovered three missiles carrying nuclear heads concealed in a concrete trench northwest of Baghdad" - makes the previous stories about trucks and metal cylinders pale in comparison.

Assuming this is the fake we believe it to be, this is bullshit on a grand scale. This makes the previous lies perpetrated by the administration and the media look tame.

[NashVegas]

21. What "Source"

The article makes about 5 references to "sources" who remain unidentified throughout.

[shockingelk]

27. "al-Sabah"

Original report:

KHUDIR AL- DORI UNVEILS THREE HIDDEN NUCLEAR MISSILES 
Baghdad, As-Sabah , July 21, Page 1 
The official sources at the ministry of interior and the national security advisor department have refrained commenting on the news of seizing three missiles of nuclear heads in the course of arresting Khudir al- Dori the former leader at the dissolved Baath party.Notably, Iraqi political sources on anonymity affirmed that the detaining of al- Dori by the Iraqi security departments resulted in the seize of three nuclear heads missiles .The sources indicated that Khudir al- Dori occupied top party and security posts during ex-regime. Al-Dori death announced after the collapse of the regime and counterfeiting death certificate issued for him. He was arrested in the site situated between Oja and  Al-Dor .The sources were quoted as saying that these nuclear missiles were found in tunnel underground at six meters length were covered carefully to mislead sensitive scientific apparatuses detecting for these weapons.

http://www.alsabaah.com/20040721/english.htm

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. Uh-huh. The Washington Times. Yeah. Right. (nt)

[mhr]

4. Bull**** Disclaimer Here

"The report could not be authenticated by the interior ministry or the national security department, but the paper noted Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiar Zibari made a surprise request recently to Mohammed el-Baradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to resume inspections for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."

More scare tactics from KKKarl.

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Never Forget The Face Of American Fascism'THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAPPENS AT THE SKULL & BONES INITIATION...I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING A GOOD TIME. THESE PEOPLE -- YOU EVER HEARD OF EMOTIONAL RELEASE? YOU EVER HEARD OF NEEDING TO BLOW SOME STEAM OFF?'

[boxster]

15. Yep. And, if it were legit, Drudge would have it in 30-point type and the

lights flashing all over the place. Even he thinks it's fake.

Instead, it's just an afterthought compared to the Berger docs "story".

[22181]

5. I just can't buy into any article that has a line like this:

" designed in a way to unable sophisticated sensors from discovering nuclear radiation."

What moron wrote that? I'm supposed to believe the rest of the story?

[Jacobin]

6. Moonie Times?

pffft

[snippy]

7. Here is a related photo.

[THUNDER HANDS]

8. nuclear weapons are like remote controls

they're always in the last place you look.

[no one in particular]

10. Iraq is denying....

http://www.reuters.com

"Iraq Interior Ministry Says Report on Nukes 'Stupid' "

On edit - link to story http://tinyurl.com/445ro

[Sparrow]

12. hahaha

no way in hell.

[cspiguy]

16. no way

n/t

[Halliburton]

17. This didn't take long...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20040721/ts_nm/iraq_nuclear_dc

[rooboy]

19. Did Rupert Murdoch phone this one in??

Maybe he wanted to help out his old mate "Sunny".

[boxster]

20. Even Drudge doesn't believe it.

Otherwise, he'd have the lights flashing and the story in huge letters.

Either that or he thinks that the Berger story - particularly, Clinton's reaction - is bigger news than nukes in Iraq. ;)

[maddezmom]

22. Iraq Interior Ministry Says Report on Nukes 'Stupid'

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20040721/ts_nm/iraq_nuclear_dc

[Barrett808]

23. Highly, highly unlikely

Unless Iraq bought the warheads from the somebody in the former Soviet Union. There was no indigenous capability to produce nuclear warheads of any size, let alone missile-mounted warheads.

[boxster]

24. If any nukes show up in Iraq, we put them there.

Considering that we've had tens of thousands of troops looking for WMDs for a year-plus, I discount any possibility that they just happened to miss a concrete bunker with three nukes in it.

[LiberalEsto]

25. I'll bet they actually found the depleted uranium WE dumped there n/t

[goju]

26. Not likely

Where would Iraq have acquired them? As far as I know, North Korea would have been about the only place stupid enough to try to sell to them. They didnt have the capacity to make them, so they would have had to buy them. I dont buy it.

[Moderator]

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