tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post115469350777952722..comments2009-07-12T21:16:33.287-04:00Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512238899184204109noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1155079318360033962006-08-08T19:21:00.000-04:002006-08-08T19:21:00.000-04:00wepons found, world saved, we win. go cry sour grapes i don't care. huge stock pile of WMD's<BR/>also found<BR/>About 1.8 metric tons of "yellow cake" and 500 tons of unrefined uranium<BR/>another huge stock pile of WMD's found yea Bush yea Bush fore more years!!<BR/>this time jeb and florida all over again. yea yea...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1155077673218337062006-08-08T18:54:00.000-04:002006-08-08T18:54:00.000-04:00Right, Anon. From the 1980s. Corroded, leaky, unusable. These were a big threat to the USA.<BR/><BR/>These were "weapons of mass destruction" in the same sense that a can of bug spray is a weapon of mass destruction, or a big sheet of plastic that many people could suffocate in.<BR/><BR/>Saddam didn't even know where these things were.<BR/><BR/>PBPasserBynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1155077107290712852006-08-08T18:45:00.000-04:002006-08-08T18:45:00.000-04:00Munitions Found in Iraq Meet WMD Criteria, Official Says<BR/>By Samantha L. Quigley<BR/>American Forces Press Service<BR/><BR/> <BR/>WASHINGTON, June 29, 2006 – The 500 munitions discovered throughout Iraq since 2003 and discussed in a National Ground Intelligence Center report meet the criteria of weapons of mass destruction, the center's commander said here today. <BR/>"These are chemical weapons as defined under the Chemical Weapons Convention, and yes ... they do constitute weapons of mass destruction," Army Col. John Chu told the House Armed Services Committee. <BR/><BR/>The Chemical Weapons Convention is an arms control agreement which outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons. It was signed in 1993 and entered into force in 1997. <BR/><BR/>The munitions found contain sarin and mustard gases, Army Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said. Sarin attacks the neurological system and is potentially lethal. <BR/><BR/>"Mustard is a blister agent (that) actually produces burning of any area (where) an individual may come in contact with the agent," he said. It also is potentially fatal if it gets into a person's lungs. <BR/><BR/>The munitions addressed in the report were produced in the 1980s, Maples said. Badly corroded, they could not currently be used as originally intended, Chu added. <BR/><BR/>While that's reassuring, the agent remaining in the weapons would be very valuable to terrorists and insurgents, Maples said. "We're talking chemical agents here that could be packaged in a different format and have a great effect," he said, referencing the sarin-gas attack on a Japanese subway in the mid-1990s. <BR/><BR/>This is true even considering any degradation of the chemical agents that may have occurred, Chu said. It's not known exactly how sarin breaks down, but no matter how degraded the agent is, it's still toxic. <BR/><BR/>"Regardless of (how much material in the weapon is actually chemical agent), any remaining agent is toxic," he said. "Anything above zero (percent agent) would prove to be toxic, and if you were exposed to it long enough, lethal." <BR/><BR/>Though about 500 chemical weapons - the exact number has not been released publicly - have been found, Maples said he doesn't believe Iraq is a "WMD-free zone." <BR/><BR/>"I do believe the former regime did a very poor job of accountability of munitions, and certainly did not document the destruction of munitions," he said. "The recovery program goes on, and I do not believe we have found all the weapons." <BR/><BR/>The Defense Intelligence Agency director said locating and disposing of chemical weapons in Iraq is one of the most important tasks servicemembers in the country perform. <BR/><BR/>Maples added searches are ongoing for chemical weapons beyond those being conducted solely for force protection. <BR/><BR/>There has been a call for a complete declassification of the National Ground Intelligence Center's report on WMD in Iraq. Maples said he believes the director of national intelligence is still considering this option, and has asked Maples to look into producing an unclassified paper addressing the subject matter in the center's report. <BR/><BR/>Much of the classified matter was slated for discussion in a closed forum after the open hearings this morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1155049397413369142006-08-08T11:03:00.000-04:002006-08-08T11:03:00.000-04:00I think the lack of education and the lack of interest in education while in and beyond leaving school is increasing in this country. I guess when TV is full of "reality" shows- and people think that it is real- the line between fact and fiction dissolves. People get their "news" from soundbites delivered by spokesmodels(male and female- no sexism here)or short bites on the internet.andrearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992599135816896933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1154898164494434032006-08-06T17:02:00.000-04:002006-08-06T17:02:00.000-04:00"Theresa said... <BR/>Sorry, wrong link : <BR/><BR/>http://www.mrc.org/press/2006/press20060623.asp"<BR/><BR/>From MRC's mission statement:<BR/><BR/>"The mission of the Media Research Center is to bring balance to the news media. <B>Leaders of America's conservative movement have long believed that within the national news media a strident liberal bias existed that influenced the public's understanding of critical issues.</B> On October 1, 1987, a group of young determined conservatives set out to not only prove — through sound scientific research — that liberal bias in the media does exist and undermines traditional American values, but also to neutralize its impact on the American political scene....<BR/><BR/>The result of the MRC’s work is a mountain of evidence to use in combating the undeniable bias. The key to the MRC’s effectiveness is the ability to prove bias by using scientific studies and word-for-word quotes from the media."<BR/><BR/>Now if that article Theresa linked us to at the MRC website is supposed to be an indication of their scientific abilities, well, thanks for the laugh Theresa, but there's a huge difference between "sound scientific research" and the anecdotal evidence presented. It's also quite apparent that MRC President and founder L. Brett Bozwell, III, has never heard of Experimenter Bias. <BR/><BR/>"Experimenter Bias: Errors in a research study due to the predisposed notions or beliefs of the experimenter."<BR/>http://allpsych.com/dictionary/e.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1154876464626996072006-08-06T11:01:00.000-04:002006-08-06T11:01:00.000-04:00Oh really, Theresa? <BR/><BR/>"Fox News’ Jim Angle contacted the Defense Department who quickly disavowed Santorum and Hoekstra’s claims. A Defense Department official told Angle flatly that the munitions hyped by Santorum and Hoekstra are “not the WMD’s for which this country went to war.” "<BR/><BR/>From: http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/dod-disavows-santorum/<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>"Transcript: Bush Responds to WMD Report <BR/><BR/><BR/>FDCH E-Media<BR/>Thursday, October 7, 2004; 2:02 PM <BR/><BR/><BR/>President Bush gives a statement to reporters on the findings issued yesterday by the Iraq Survey Group led by Charles A. Duelfer. Here is a transcript of Bush’s comments. <BR/><BR/>BUSH: The chief weapons inspector, Charles Duelfer, has now issued a comprehensive report that confirms the earlier conclusion of David Kay that Iraq did not have the weapons that our intelligence believed were there."<BR/><BR/>From: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A14897-2004Oct7?language=printerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1154871175736331512006-08-06T09:32:00.000-04:002006-08-06T09:32:00.000-04:00Sorry, wrong link : <BR/><BR/>http://www.mrc.org/press/2006/press20060623.aspTheresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279094488068332536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1154837365470660782006-08-06T00:09:00.000-04:002006-08-06T00:09:00.000-04:00<I>can't FOX do better than that?</I><BR/><BR/>It's not even Fox. It's a 2004 Men's News Daily story.<BR/><BR/>Whatever that is.<BR/><BR/>PBPasserBynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1154836273198768162006-08-05T23:51:00.000-04:002006-08-05T23:51:00.000-04:00"the discovery of <B>a</B> 155-mm mortar shell containing Sarin gas in Iraq"<BR/><BR/><BR/>One shell? Come on, can't FOX do better than that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1154835471564827062006-08-05T23:37:00.000-04:002006-08-05T23:37:00.000-04:00News flash - Jim.<BR/><BR/>They did find them. Didn't you hear ?<BR/><BR/>No probably not, because the major liberal biased media didn't report it.<BR/><BR/>Just FOX.<BR/><BR/>Amazing this country we live in.<BR/><BR/>http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/m-n/mariani/2004/mariani052804.htm<BR/><BR/>"After spending more than a year attacking the Bush administration daily for their supposed failure to produce the WMDs that everyone -- including the United Nations, as well as most leading Democrats -- believed Saddam had hidden, the Left has suddenly gone strangely silent on the subject. The "mainstream" media has been tiptoeing around the discovery of a 155-mm mortar shell containing Sarin gas in Iraq, the contents of which have been confirmed. The shell was used as part of an improvised explosive device (IED) on a road near the Baghdad International Airport, and exploded as it was being disarmed"Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279094488068332536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1154709372359580422006-08-04T12:36:00.000-04:002006-08-04T12:36:00.000-04:00and you think the right is full of nuts. look who is backing you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com