Comments on: Oh, Those WMD, Um, Maybe, Um, I Think

By: Jessica's Well

Jessica's Well — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 03:42:07 +0000

Saddam shipped out WMDs
My. My, my. My, my, my. Isn’t this interesting. The United Nations has determined that Saddam Hussein shipped weapons of mass destruction components as well as medium-range ballistic missiles before, during and after the U.S.-led war against Iraq in 2…

By: The Baculum King

The Baculum King — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 05:55:52 +0000

They are frustrated because their spin can’t get traction. This is not a scandal of Saddam smuggling stuff out, it is a scandal of US allowing the looting of the Iraqi infrastructure, and it’s still ongoing. We weren’t even smart enough to secure nuclear facilities and ammo dumps. Good luck making that Saddam’s fault.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 06:04:24 +0000

Perhaps so. As for me, I’m reserving judgment on this alleged bombshell until at least one real news organization can corroborate it.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 05:29:54 +0000

The ironic thing is that this story (along with the equally buried story of the 7.5 tons of Sarin nerve gas found in Jordan) both exonerates the Bush Administrates them for the decision to go to war in the first place and zings the Administration for not doing more to prevent Saddam’s WMD program from being outsourced to Jordan, Syria and God knows where else.

By: The Lonewacko Blog

The Lonewacko Blog — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 04:38:56 +0000

Now that I’ve fallen from #421 to #499 on the Ecosystem Traffic Ranking, I guess I’m even further from being a prominent blogger, but I was wondering about that too.

I think it was overshadowed by the lede-buried story of a day or two earlier that only discussed Iraqi missile parts being found in Amsterdam. The World Tribune covered and highlighted the bit about the WMD components, but both story discussed the same U.N. meeting.