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Title: Russia Moved Iraqi WMD Post by: Shammu on February 21, 2006, 03:06:35 PM Time for a few of you trolls, to change your minds.
)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Russia Moved Iraqi WMD Charles R. Smith Thursday, March 3, 2005 Moscow Moved Weapons to Syria and Lebanon According to a former top Bush administration official, Russian special forces teams moved weapons of mass destruction out of Iraq to Syria. "I am absolutely sure that Russian Spetsnatz units moved WMD out of Iraq before the war," stated John Shaw, the former deputy undersecretary for international technology security. Story Continues Below According to Shaw, Russian units hid Saddam's arsenal inside Syria and in Lebanon's Bekka valley. "While in Iraq I uncovered detailed information that Spetsnatz units shredded records and moved all WMD and specified advanced munitions out of Iraq to Syria and Lebanon," stated Shaw during an exclusive interview. "I received information from several sources naming the exact Russian units, what they took and where they took both WMD materials and conventional explosives. Moscow made a 2001 agreement with Saddam Hussein to clear up all Russian involvement in WMD systems in Iraq," stated Shaw. Shaw's assertions match the information provided by U.S. military forces that satellite surveillance showed extensive large-vehicle traffic crossing the Syrian border prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Moscow Paranoid About WMD Shaw's information also backs allegations by a wide variety of sources of Russia's direct involvement in Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program. One U.N. bioterrorism expert announced that Russia has been Iraq's "main supplier of the materials and know-how to weaponize anthrax, botulism and smallpox." Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Robert Goldberg cited former U.N. weapons inspector Richard Spertzel, who stated that Moscow supplied Baghdad with fermentation equipment to produce biotoxins. According to Spertzel, the Russians on the U.N. inspection team in Iraq were "paranoid" about his efforts to uncover smallpox production. Goldberg noted that no country has "done more to rebuild" Saddam's chemical and biological weapons programs or "been more aggressive in helping hide the truth" than Russia. It is a fact that Saddam Hussein rose to power backed by Russian weapons and Russian money. Saddam was in debt to Moscow for over $8 billion for the arms he purchased from Russia when he was captured by U.S. forces. The primary Iraqi chemical weapons were VX nerve gas and mustard gas, a blistering agent, both obtained from Russia. According to the book "Russian Military Power," published in 1982, "It is known that the Soviets maintain stocks of CW (chemical weapons) agents." The two primary Russian chemical weapons in the 1982 Soviet inventory were the nerve agent "VX" and "blistering agents - developments of mustard gas used so effectively in World War I." Russian Chemical Weapons in Iraq Iraq did most of its WMD killing using Russian-made MiG and Sukhoi aircraft equipped with chemical sprayers. In addition, Saddam used French-made artillery and helicopters to dump gas on Iranian troops and Iraqi Kurds. Iraq obtained Russian delivery systems and the same inventory of Russian-made chemical weapons at the same time. Iraqi SU-22 Fitter attack jets were armed with Warsaw Pact-designed bombs filled with chemical weapons. Iraq used these Russian jet fighters to drop chemical weapons on Iranian troops during the Iran-Iraq war. Iraq tried to use these SU-22 jets during the 1991 Gulf War, but they were detected and destroyed on the ground before they could launch a deadly chemical attack. Other Russian weapons found with chemical weapons include the FROG-7 missile, 122 mm rockets, 152 mm artillery and the M-1937 82 mm mortars. All the Iraqi artillery missiles, rockets, shells and mortar rounds filled with chemical weapons are of Russian design. Iraqi forces were trained by Russians in the use of chemical weapons and equipped by Russia with anti-chemical suits. The Iraqi armed forces were trained, equipped and supplied with the proper logistics to perform chemical warfare by Russia. Lebanon and Syria The arming of Iraq with such weapons has a direct impact on events today in the Middle East. The presence of former Iraqi WMD systems in Lebanon raises serious questions surrounding the Feb. 14 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Many blame Syria for Hariri's murder. However, the possibility that Hariri discovered the location of the Iraqi WMD systems inside his country lends some credible backing to a Syrian assassination effort to silence him. In addition, the sudden sale of advanced missile and other weapons to Damascus by Moscow also supports the allegation that Syria is hiding something for Russia. Russian weapons makers have previously insisted on hard, cold cash payments for their missiles, especially after the fall of Saddam and the collapse of credit deals done with Baghdad. More importantly, the Syrian economy is in bad shape, making it difficult for Damascus to come up with the required money for advanced Russian weapons. Instead, it now appears that Moscow has extended both very good terms and no down payment required to Syria for an extensive purchase of advanced missiles and weapons. This is in contrast to weapons sales to other "good" Russian customers such as China, which can afford to pay up front for weapon systems. CIA Failed There is no question that the Russian effort to remove Iraqi WMD systems was the most successful intelligence operation of the 21st century. The Russians were able to move hundreds of tons of chemical, biological and nuclear materials without being discovered by CIA satellites or NSA radio listening posts. "There is a clear sense on how effective they were," noted Shaw. "The fact that the CIA did not know shows just how successful the Russian operation was," he concluded. Note; I can't post the link because of it breaking forum rules on advertising. )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) It also doesn't say much about the CIA's ability for intelligence, but that is a fickle product of this world. Just shows no one knows everything, except God. Title: Re: Russia Moved Iraqi WMD Post by: Shammu on February 21, 2006, 04:26:24 PM Iraqi General: Saddam Flew WMDs to Syria
2/7/2006 TruthNews.com Webcast News Service - Former Iraqi general Georges Sada, who served as second-in-command of the Iraqi air force under deposed dictator Saddam Hussein, says Hussein moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria before the US-led invasion by loading them into civilian aircraft in which the passenger seats were removed. The revelation is made in the newly published book, Saddam's Secrets. Speaking to The New York Sun, Sada reported that special Republican Guard units led by Saddam's cousin, Ali Hussein al-Majid, nicknamed "Chemical Ali," loaded "yellow barrels with skull and crossbones" in two Boeing jets. The planes made 56 flights to Syria in the weeks leading up to the war. Hussein also sent WMD out on trucks. "Saddam realized, this time, the Americans are coming," Sada said. "They handed over the weapons of mass destruction to the Syrians." The revelation follows by one month Israeli Gen. Moshe Yaalon's comments that Israel had intelligence showing that Saddam "transferred the chemical agents from Iraq to Syria." The term "weapons of mass destruction" is used to describe nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. In the case of Iraq, Hussein was suspected of possessing primarily chemical weapons, although the Iraqis were also working on developing nuclear weapons. As part of the ceasefire in the 1991 Persian Gulf war, Hussein agreed to get rid of his WMDs. However, Hussein's many "palaces" were off-limits to U.N. weapons inspectors, and the dictator kicked the U.N. inspectors out of Iraq in 1998. A U.S.-led coalition occupied Iraq in 2003, in part because Hussein was suspected of continuing to possess chemical weapons. However, no chemical weapons have been found by the occupying forces. On March 16, 1988, Hussein attacked the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabjah with a mix of mustard gas and nerve agents, killing 5,000 civilians, and wounding 10,000 more. Syria, which shares a long border with Iraq, is ruled by the Baath party, as was Iraq under Saddam Hussein. The Baath party was founded in 1945 as a radical, left-wing, Arab nationalist party and came to power in both Syria and Iraq in 1963. Syria's regime, headed by dictator Bashar Assad, has a long history of supporting terrorist groups. Terrorist groups sponsored by Syria include Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. In addition, Assad has been accused of masterminding the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Sada's book also says that on the eve of the first Gulf War, Saddam was planning to use his air force to launch a chemical weapons attack on Israel Iraqi General: Saddam Flew WMDs to Syria (http://www.kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=11304) Title: Re: Russia Moved Iraqi WMD Post by: Shammu on February 21, 2006, 04:46:01 PM Brian Ross
Tariq Aziz: There is nothing very big left in this subject except the Americans casting doubt that Iraq may produce biological weapons and use them for terrorism Tariq Aziz: The serial number of every single missile is known because our suppliers were the Russians, the Soviets. Our missiles are the Russian missiles that we bought. The Russian invoices are clear, sometimes there are Russian discrepancies, but they are checked later and they were checked and it was over. This many, 100 missiles. This is the evidence and they cannot say … Saddam Hussein: The situation is a pity. Had I known that the war would end; we would have found them on Israel’s head. Tariq Aziz: With respect to the issue of biological weapons which will linger, if the French and Russians help us, we could find a solution. I don’t think it’s farfetched that we could find a solution. All this talk that Iraq can produce it and use it for terrorism is nonsense. One can say that any country can use it. Saddam Hussein: Terrorism is coming. I told the Americans a long time before August 2nd and told the British as well, I think Hamed (Hamas DW) was there keeping the meeting minutes with one of them, that in the future there will be terrorism with weapons of mass destruction. What prevents this technology from developing and people from smuggling it? All of this, before the stories of smuggling, before that, in 1989. I told them “in the future, what would prevent that we see a booby trapped car causing a nuclear explosion in Washington or a germ or a chemical one?” Unidentified Man: Sir, the germ, any biologist can make it at home, make a bottle containing Saddam: This is coming, this story is coming but not from Iraq Tariq Aziz: The biological is so simple in its structure that any biologist can make a germ bottle and drop it into a water tower and kill 100,000. This is not done by a state, no need to accuse a state, an individual can do it. Even an American individual in a house, close to the White House, I mean, they don’t have a logical argument. http://abcnews.go.com/images/International/saddam_transcript060217.pdf I have cleaned this up, there are alot of short sentences... 3-5 words. There is also a arabic for those of you that know the language. Title: Re: Russia Moved Iraqi WMD Post by: Soldier4Christ on February 21, 2006, 04:55:40 PM Here are a few more recent news articles along this line.
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