Iraq, Smallpox and an Update concerning the trucks in Powells' satelite photos

[sandorski]

Globe and Mail

excerpt: Top U.S. scientists assigned to the weapons hunt in Iraq found no evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime was making or stockpiling smallpox, Associated Press has learned from senior military officers involved in the search.

Smallpox fears were part of the case the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush used to build support for invading Iraq ? and they were raised again as recently as last weekend by Vice-President Dick Cheney.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Trucks at the facility were looters stealing scrap metal.

There be Pirates, Arr !

EH ?

Aye !

 

[DealMonkey]

I thought it was just some washed-up motivational speaker living in a van down by the river? No? Hmmmm... Well, I'm not surprised that they turned out not to be the "Vans of Evil Mass Destruction" that the UN was forced to keep a straight face about. Other than Saddam being an evil POS, have any of the U.S. pre-war claims been verified? Anything? Huh?

 

[Bowfinger]

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
I thought it was just some washed-up motivational speaker living in a van down by the river? No? Hmmmm... Well, I'm not surprised that they turned out not to be the "Vans of Evil Mass Destruction" that the UN was forced to keep a straight face about. Other than Saddam being an evil POS, have any of the U.S. pre-war claims been verified? Anything? Huh?

The silence is deafening.

In all fairness, we were right about Iraq being in the Middle East and about it having sand.

 

[Gaard]

Begs the question...is anyone besides me wondering if that so-called solid evidence of the existence of WMD was a little less than solid?

If it turns out that this evidence wasn't as solid as thought (which I guess we'll never find out), do you think the administration would say so?