http://www.sabrizain.org/iraq/nmt/
WMD claims may have been "a wee bit exaggerated"
Over a year after the presentation by US Secretary of State Colleen
Powell at the UN General Assembly justifying the case for invading
Iraq, the State department today issues a new version of the
presentation to reflect new information indicating that the threat
presented earlier may have been, according to a State Department
spokesman, "a teeny weeny bit exagerrated".
According to Anthony Bliar, Powell's presentation had included
photographs obtained from high- definition satellite imagery, as well
as conversations between Iraqi military personnel intercepted by high-
bandwidth communications surveillance equipment. "That data was also
supplemented by high- reliability intelligence from on-the-ground
informants."
"However, we have recently discovered that our informants may not have
been as on-the-ground as we initially thought. In fact, they both ran
a small kebab shop in downtown Miami."
Analysis of the intercepted conversations may have also been less than
accurate. One intercepted message had an Iraqi colonel saying 'we have
this modified vehicle …. ' .
"Initially our analysts said this referred to modifying battlefront
vehicles to accommodate delivery systems for chemical weapons. We have
now confirmed that the Colonel was talking about his '93 Honda Civic
which his army mechanic had modified to include farting mufflers,
giant spoiler-wing-thingies and neon light rims."
Analysis of high-definition satellite imagery was also not as
high-defintion as once thought. An image that was initially thought to
be Al-Musayyib Rocket and Biological Weapons Test Facility was later
discovered to be the Al-Musayyib Camel Dung Treatment Factory.
"Objects identified as anthrax fermentation tanks were later observed
by troops on the ground to be camel dung treatment tanks. "Sure, the
stuff smelled mean, but I don't think it'd kill a lot of people if you
put it in an intercontinental ballistic missile."
Structures thought to be missile and nuclear warhead storage areas
turned out to be a kebab and burger stall for the staff. Aluminum
tubes centrifuges thought to be used for enriching uranium were
actually piping used in the men's latrines."And a long cylindrical
object identified as a long-distance mustard gas delivery system
rocket turned out to be a large, inflatable rubber penis Saddam
Hussein displayed for laughs at orgies in the Presidential Palace."
Reaction to the revision of the original report was mixed. A White
House spokesman said that the revisions "did not conclusively confirm
that there are no WMDs - they only conclusively confirm that we have a
pack of jack asses running our intelligence services."
Reaction from the former UN Chief Weapons Inspector Hans Blix was
brief. "Nyah, nyah nyah, nyah, nyah …. told you so … told you so …" he
commented, as he stuck his tongue out, jumping and skipping merrily.
Bliar reiterated that the State Department regretted the many small
errors in the initial analysis of the intelligence data. "We also
apologize for any minor incovenience this may have caused folks in
Iraq."
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| User: "Marvin The Paranoid Android" |
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| Title: Re: WMD claims may have been "a wee bit exaggerated" |
12 Jan 2005 05:56:15 AM |
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Cuan wrote:
http://www.sabrizain.org/iraq/nmt/
WMD claims may have been "a wee bit exaggerated"
They've disbanded the group searching for WMD's in Iraq ( for real ) ...
they need them to keep the rest of the Iraqi gov't from being killed.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: WMD claims may have been "a wee bit exaggerated" |
12 Jan 2005 06:06:11 AM |
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Marvin The Paranoid Android wrote:
Cuan wrote:
http://www.sabrizain.org/iraq/nmt/
WMD claims may have been "a wee bit exaggerated"
They've disbanded the group searching for WMD's in Iraq ( for real )
....
they need them to keep the rest of the Iraqi gov't from being killed.
And they're not managing that either. The governor and police chief of
Baghdad have both been assassinated in the last few days.
Lazi
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