Elusive WMD Not So Elusive

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How's that for a crappy title? Anyway, below are two stories, one from May 12th (thanks, Arlene) and one from today. Both are about WMD and the dangers that WMD presents.

Canadian PM: 'Terrorists Have Access' to Iraq's WMDs
By Jimmy Moore
May 12, 2004

MONTREAL (Talon News) -- Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said on Tuesday that ousted Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that are now in the possession of terrorists.

Speaking to a crowd of 700 university researchers and business leaders in Montreal, Martin said he believes the possibility of future terrorist strikes has dramatically increased because the terrorists have built a sizable arsenal of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that formerly belonged to Iraq.

"The fact is that there is now, we know well, a proliferation of nuclear weapons, and that many weapons that Saddam Hussein had, we don't know where they are," Martin stated. "That means terrorists have access to all of that."

However, France and Germany as well as Democratic lawmakers and liberal political groups in the United States accuse the Bush administration of making up evidence about WMDs to launch a war against Iraq...

And then Sarin was found today:

U.S. Army Says It Finds Shell with Sarin Agent in Iraq
Mon May 17, 2004

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A small amount of the nerve agent sarin was found in a shell that exploded in Iraq, the U.S. army said Monday in the first announcement of discovery of any of the weapons on which Washington made its case for war.

Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt told a news conference the substance had been found in an artillery shell inside a bag discovered by a U.S. convoy a few days ago. The round had exploded, causing a small release of the substance, he said.

"The Iraq Survey Group has confirmed today that a 155 (mm) artillery round containing sarin nerve agent had been found. The round had been rigged as an IED (improvised explosive device) that was discovered by a U.S. force convoy," he said....

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Elusive WMD Not So Elusive

How's that for a crappy title? Anyway, below are two stories, one from May 12th (thanks, Arlene) and one from today. Both are about WMD and the dangers that WMD presents.

Canadian PM: 'Terrorists Have Access' to Iraq's WMDs
By Jimmy Moore
May 12, 2004

MONTREAL (Talon News) -- Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said on Tuesday that ousted Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that are now in the possession of terrorists.

Speaking to a crowd of 700 university researchers and business leaders in Montreal, Martin said he believes the possibility of future terrorist strikes has dramatically increased because the terrorists have built a sizable arsenal of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that formerly belonged to Iraq.

"The fact is that there is now, we know well, a proliferation of nuclear weapons, and that many weapons that Saddam Hussein had, we don't know where they are," Martin stated. "That means terrorists have access to all of that."

However, France and Germany as well as Democratic lawmakers and liberal political groups in the United States accuse the Bush administration of making up evidence about WMDs to launch a war against Iraq...

And then Sarin was found today:

U.S. Army Says It Finds Shell with Sarin Agent in Iraq
Mon May 17, 2004

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A small amount of the nerve agent sarin was found in a shell that exploded in Iraq, the U.S. army said Monday in the first announcement of discovery of any of the weapons on which Washington made its case for war.

Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt told a news conference the substance had been found in an artillery shell inside a bag discovered by a U.S. convoy a few days ago. The round had exploded, causing a small release of the substance, he said.

"The Iraq Survey Group has confirmed today that a 155 (mm) artillery round containing sarin nerve agent had been found. The round had been rigged as an IED (improvised explosive device) that was discovered by a U.S. force convoy," he said....

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