Kuwaiti authorities say to have foiled chem smuggle from Iraq

[lynndew2]

Kuwaiti security authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle $60 million worth of chemical weapons and biological warheads from Iraq to an unnamed European country, a Kuwaiti newspaper said on Wednesday.

The pro-Government Al-Siyassah, quoting an unnamed security source, said the suspects had been watched by security since they arrived in Kuwait and were arrested "in due time." It did not say when or how the smugglers entered Kuwait or when they were arrested.

The paper said the smugglers might have had accomplices inside Kuwait. It said Interior Minister Sheik Nawwaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah would hand over the smuggled weapons to an FBI agent at a news conference, but did not say when. More...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_399454,00050004.htm

[BuckeFushe]

1. Pure Bullshit

Where are the weapons (empty or otherwise warheads), where are the perps, why hasn't AP Domestic picked up on this?

[lynndew2]

2. I dont know, I got it off Drudge

His only headline besides Rush was this

[shockingelk]

3. wholesale or resale?

Is that $60 million dollars worth of WMD the wholesale or retail price?

Here is the paper that originally reported it ... read the article which can be found, er, uh, which is in the ... er, it's not in the paper. Sorry.

http://www.al-seyassah.com/arabtimes/index.asp

[lynndew2]

5. It was not on that link

I am just sending what was reported in a paper. I am not standing behind its reporting. But, Please if you wanna dispute then dont waste our time on wild goose chases...thank you

[shockingelk]

16. sorry

but my point was indeed that it wasn't there, which I said ...

wild goose chases for WMD, wild goose chases for articles ...

I see I mistyped my joke b/b

Is that $60 Million worth of WMD a wholesale or retail price?

[Snazzy]

10. Ha--just googled and landed in same spot

Maybe, though, Arab Times (English) is different or they're slow to update. Dunno. Nothing on aljazeera.net

Obviously running anything through Kuwait, if there were an actual smuggler, is highly unlikely. Lots of easy borders everywhere but there.

But considering The Wilson Affair(TM?), this might be a bad sign. Been waiting for the WMD plant, sort of amazed that never transpired. "We found 'em," right? Maybe somebody is up to something. What an ideal time for an attempt to change the news cycle off of Plame. That's what it would take too. WMDs, terror alerts, real terrorism, Saddam, OBL or Ken Lay.

Someone should run the front page of www.al-seyassah.com by a translator just in case.

Any such effort starting in the Hindustan Times is pretty pathetic. A test? :tinfoilhat:

[jenk]

4. story is a fake, nobody picked up on it

.

[lynndew2]

6. maybe so...but this is LBN

I reported a link from a newspaper. I hope it is bunk but. Sory to say that there have been times when Drudge has beat the main press by many hours. I hope I am wrong.

[leesa]

15. Don't worry about it. It's a good pick-up even if BS because it

is something this administration always does when things get sticky. They cry WMD...or Saddam...or OBL...

[unfrigginreal]

7. How convenient

And a year from now we'll be reading about $60Mil of chemical stockpiles missing from Russia.

[Dr Fate]

8. Bush/media said a war with Iraq would SECURE those weapons...

...but if this fake Drudge story is true, then that means that more WMD's are likely to get to terrorists that if we had let the inspections continue...

[jenk]

9. the story broke earlier today, 5pm I think

and Kay is supposed to give a report tomorrow about his failure to find WMD.

Maybe the US media already ran a check on this and it's just some fabricated bunk, waiting for the article to be pulled.

drudge is late on this.

[lynndew2]

11. Ok, Sorry, I have never posted on LBN before

I saw this and thought it might be important. Hope you all understand and sorry. Bed time for me. Good night all and sweet dreams.

[legin]

20. Good find lynndew2

don't apologise.

I'm sure that people will bump into this at a later date in some form.

Probably regurgitated as the absolute truth by some right-winger somewhere.

I've seen that happen to the 'Saddam hid his weapons in Lebanon' story, on a talkboard I happened to drop into.

[Spoon]

12. Daylight should be breaking in Kuwait about now.

If anything come of this, it should be soon.

[Skip Intro]

13. If saddam had weapons, he would have used them

to try to save his "regime" from being obliterated - end of story.

how damned stupid do they think we are?

and this comes right in time to take the media spotlight from yet another in the seemingly endless list of treasonous crimes by the bush regime.

how damed stupid do they think we are?

and from Kuwaiit, no less - an American oil company with a flag.

how damned stupid do they think we are?

[leesa]

14. What crap! The Bushes and Kuwaiti's have lots of business ties

This is pure BS.

[salin]

17. I checked other news sources, and google news

the only paper (in the world) to carry this "wire service" story is this one. Very questionable/dubious.

A story this big - occuring earlier today - would have been trumpeted from here to DC to London.

But it hasn't been.

Until it shows up - with more details and from a second or third source - it is best to view this as unverified at best, and disinformation at worst.

[screaming_meme]

18. I smell Bush!t

Is the Hindustan Times owned by the Moonies by any chance?

[lumpy]

19. Looks like Bushco came up with a plan

to prove WMDs were available in Iraq (with the help of Kuwait, The US political puppet) Why Kuwait? How convenient. Ridiculous.

[Gin]

21. These guys are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *n

obvious..

[zanana]

22. ANYTHING NEW ON THIS?

I'm trying to find information.... ANYWHERE!.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

23. Please sir, may I have another heaping, steaming bowl?

[Scurrilous]

24. Story seems to have changed.

http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm?id=1065095494nL02305260§ion=Countries&page=Kuwait&channel=All%20Kuwait%20News&objectid=22403639-8F1A-11D4-867000D0B74A0D7C


Kuwait says it seized smuggled Iraq artefacts





KUWAIT, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Kuwaiti authorities have seized archaeological artefacts and "other items" smuggled from Iraq into Kuwait, Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah said in remarks published on Thursday.

"Kuwaiti security forces were able to seize some Iraqi artefacts smuggled to Kuwait," al-Sabah, who is also interior minister, was quoted as saying by al-Seyassah daily. He did not identify the other items.

Al-Sabah was responding to a question about a report the paper carried on Wednesday that Kuwaiti security forces had foiled an attempt to smuggle artefacts, chemical materials and biological warheads from Iraq to a European country via Kuwait.

Kuwaiti security sources told Reuters on Wednesday the report on the seizure of such weapons was baseless.

Asked about the report of seized biological warheads, al-Sabah also told al-Qabas newspaper: "Up to now we have not verified this...There are some artefacts that were seized which we are examining to see if they are real or fake."

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