Thursday, May 27, 2004

Gas shell findings a concern for Iraq arms inspector

From CNN

(The BBC is still ignoring the finding of WMDs in Iraq.)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The recent discovery of two chemical artillery shells in Iraq has raised concerns among weapons inspectors that other shells may turn up in the hands of insurgents battling American troops, the head of the U.S. search team said Wednesday.

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Moving the goal posts and name changing

Those are the first nonconventional weapons to turn up in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 that deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein -- a move the United States said was necessary because Iraq was violating U.N. resolutions requiring it to disarm.

"Nonconventional Weapons"? What happened to weapons of mass destruction?

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The Iraq Survey Group reported last fall that it had found evidence of weapons research that Iraqis had concealed from U.N. inspectors.

But Duelfer's predecessor, David Kay, predicted in January that no large stockpiles of banned weapons would be found.


First we were looking for weapons of mass destruction, then it was stockpiles of WMDs and now it is "large stockpiles" of WMDs.

Duelfer said he did not think that chemical shells would be found in the thousands. But given the number of weapons Iraq was unable to account for after the 1991 Persian Gulf War, he said it is likely that others will turn up.



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