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By late 2003, even the Bush White House’s staunchest defenders were starting to give up on the idea that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
But for years afterward, WikiLeaks’ newly-released Iraq war documents reveal, U.S. troops continued to find chemical weapons labs, encounter insurgent specialists in toxins, and uncover weapons of mass destruction
Read More WikiLeaks Show WMD Hunt Continued in Iraq – With Surprising Results | Danger Room | Wired.com
The Wikileaks leak may not have the happy ending that some folks are hoping for. If this turns out to be solid information, it will blow the lid off the anti-war movement's agenda.
In August 2004, for instance, American forces surreptitiously purchased what they believed to be containers of liquid sulfur mustard, a toxic “blister agent” used as a chemical weapon since World War I. The troops tested the liquid, and “reported two positive results for blister.” The chemical was then “triple-sealed and transported to a secure site” outside their base.
Nearly three years later, American troops were still finding WMD in the region. An armored Buffalo vehicle unearthed a cache of artillery shells “that was covered by sacks and leaves under an Iraqi Community Watch checkpoint. “The 155mm rounds are filled with an unknown liquid, and several of which are leaking a black tar-like substance.” Initial tests were inconclusive. But later, “the rounds tested positive for mustard.”
Also from the article; WMD's were found. We've been told by the anti-war folks that there were no WMD's in Iraq and that Bush lied about their existance.
No, we were told there were STOCKPILES of WMDs, none of those STOCKPILES were found.
I don't think Bush lied to get us into Iraq, but I do think he made his decisions based on weak analysis and information.
"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."
On the basis of these documents and other indicators, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom asserted that Iraq had attempted to procure nuclear material for the purpose of creating what they called weapons of mass destruction, referred to as WMD, in defiance of the United Nations Iraq sanctions.
These Wikileaks are great, apparently, as long as they make Bush look bad.
wikileaks is not required for that
but it should cause those foolish enough to defend his stupidity to engage in some self reflection
Yeah. You didn't miss the point entirely or anything.
but it would appear you felt the sting of a point i made, in response
i can appreciate why you object to a rejoinder, where a point was made in the absence of one by youGood God. I have no desire to scurry around the playground yet again with your usual "I know you are, but what am I?" responses. Grow up.
and to make my point again, the shrub did not need wikileaks to prove he was an incompetent president, especially with regard to things international, such as iraq ... and domestic, as in katrinaYeah. You didn't miss the point entirely or anything.
No, we were told there were STOCKPILES of WMDs, none of those STOCKPILES were found.
I don't think Bush lied to get us into Iraq, but I do think he made his decisions based on weak analysis and information.
Mustard and blister agents are not WMDs lol.
Bush on WMDs:
False.
Bush on Yellow Cake Uranium:
False.
Anybody who thinks mustard gas and blister agent are some of the most 'lethal weapons ever devised' has obviously never heard of agent orange, AQ Khan's thermonuclear technology, NK's plutonium bombs and all the others held by Syria, Libya, Saudi Arabia etc. Seriously, Iraq was a crippled little bull**** state we managed to overthrow in 3 weeks.
They are NBC weapons, i.e. they're WMD's.
Mustard and blister agents are not WMDs lol.
Bush on WMDs:
False.
Bush on Yellow Cake Uranium:
False.
Anybody who thinks mustard gas and blister agent are some of the most 'lethal weapons ever devised' has obviously never heard of agent orange, AQ Khan's thermonuclear technology, NK's plutonium bombs and all the others held by Syria, Libya, Saudi Arabia etc. Seriously, Iraq was a crippled little bull**** state we managed to overthrow in 3 weeks.
They are NBC weapons, i.e. they're WMD's.
Blister agents, when inhaled, cause blister inside your lungs, which burst, filling your lung with fluid, causing you to drown. This all happens within a few minutes.
Agent orange is a friggin' herbacide!
Biiiiiiiig difference.
According to Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to Agent Orange, resulting in 400,000 people being killed or maimed, and 500,000 children born with birth defects.[11]
Tell that to the Vietnamese:
Tell that to the Vietnamese:
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