So Much for Saddam's Tape that "prove" WMD

[Ignacio Upton]

Feb. 20, 2006 issue - Government investigators are trying to determine how 12 hours of tape recordings of Saddam Hussein and his aides, acquired by U.S. personnel in Iraq, got into the hands of the organizers of a private "intelligence summit" to be held in D.C. next weekend. John Loftus, a former government prosecutor and self-described whistle-blower, claims the tapes "will be able to provide a few definitive answers to some very important—and controversial—weapons-of-mass-destruction questions." At one point Saddam muses how vulnerable D.C. would be to a "biological" attack, but adds that Iraq wouldn't do it. House Intelligence Committee chairman Pete Hoekstra is reviewing transcripts to determine if U.S. officials missed WMD evidence after the war. But intel agencies are skeptical. The tapes were taken without permission from an FBI-run translation center, officials say, and are years old. Two government officials, requesting anonymity because of the sensitive subject, say the tapes in no way prove that WMD stockpiles or programs existed at the time of the U.S. invasion or were moved to another country before U.S. troops arrived.

—Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11299205/site/newsweek

The New York Sun (a Neo Con rag launched in 2002) has been having orgasms over these tapes for the past two weeks. THis goes in addition to that Iraqi airforce official who claimed that Saddam shipped his entire WMD arsenal to Syria via civilian aircraft with the seats taken out to make room for the weapons. The official himself hasn't even worked directly in the Iraqi airforce since the early 1990's! Also, do not trust John Loftus. He appears often on the John Batchelor show on WABC (NYC's ABC Radio station) and since 2003 has been claiming "proof" of Saddam's massive WMD arsenal and how its been moved to Syria, and how Democrats should be careful in criticizing Bush over it. Funny thing is that he claims he is a "Democrat.

[Unmarked Poster]

1. Good catch

:kick:

[LynnTheDem]

2. What can ya say. They're so desperate to convince themselves

that they're not MFing warmongering criminal bastards who were so stupid they got punk'd by a pack of lies & the rest of the world didn't.

NO "WMD" IN IRAQ SINCE THE EARLY 1990s. And that's from bush's own hand-picked rightwing weapons inspectors.

GET OVER IT, freeps. You were PUNK'D coz yer BRAINLESS. Get over that, too.