Iraq Minister Says Saddam's WMD Carefully Hidden

[rodbarnett]

SOFIA, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Iraqi foreign minister Hoshiyar Zebari said Thursday Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction had been carefully hidden, but he was confident they could be discovered.

"I have every belief that some of these weapons could be found as we move forward," Zebari, an Iraqi Kurd, told a news conference in Sofia. "They have been hidden in certain areas. The system of hiding was very sophisticated."

http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=4240684

[MercutioATC]

1. "The system of hiding was very sophisticated."?????

What, did they have tea while they hid them?

What a crock! :)

[Judi Lynn]

8. They had people like David Niven and Myrna Loy hiding them

as in the old movies from the l930's, l940's. The WMD searchers will have to rely on their wits, or wittiness to imagine where they might be, and it just might be quite clever, or even "madcap!"

[democrat in Tallahassee]

10. I don't think that is David Niven, maybe William Powell. Anyone?

n/t

[DODI]

13. It is Bill Powell -- one of my favs!

Maybe he has the WMDs?

[MissMarple]

24. Yup, Nick and Nora Charles from "The Thin Man" movies.

I have them all. :D

Myrna Loy was truely one of Hollywood's best people.

[DODI]

28. Did you read her autobiography?

It was excellent. What a person she was. She said, as I remember, she and Powell would have married -- but they always missed each other. If I could live in anytime -- Hollywood in the 30's would be it. To hand with those guys would be great.

p.s. I too have all the Thin Man movies. They are great.

[Judi Lynn]

47. Oh, YEAH! Sorry about that!

Well, he could do just as well in the same capacity, couldn't he?

[1songbird]

14. Boy, she could be pass for Catherine Zeta Jone's mother. n/t

[0007]

30. One half of the secret of where WMD are is in the 'Great Pyramid'

...and the other half is in the Vatican.

This is as stupid as the article.

[bmbmd]

34. They are in the basement

at the Alamo.

[mhr]

2. Wonder Who Is Paying Him To Say That?

eom

[wryter2000]

3. Okay, moran

Tell us where they are, and when we find them, we'll believe you.

Wonder how much Bush is paying him.

[DevilsAdvocate2]

31. Not to be too technical, but...

If you're going to call someone a MORON, you should at least spell the word correctly. :)

[drscm]

33. Moran is the proper spelling in FR - from whence we learn

everything.

[colorado_ufo]

36. Actually, Bugs Bunny says it best -

"What a maroon!"

[KansDem]

35. The source is this picture...

Notice the irony?

[JackDragna]

4. Apparently the WMD's are hidden in another dimension!

..or black hole or temporal rift somewhere. Why do I think that? Because we still can't frigging find any after occupying the country for eight months. Goddam that wily Saddam for storing his thousands of gallons of anthrax in the Twilight Zone.

[myrna minx]

12. Lol: String theory PROVEN. n/t

[alittlelark]

39. They should call in the SG-1 team!!!

Samantha and Daniel can find 'em for sure.

[yellowcanine]

5. Uh huh. Now there's a credible source.

Former Saddamite now trying to curry favor by boot licking Bush.

[codegreen]

6. where they are

they're being kept in a blimp disguised to look like a cloud, floating 10,000 feet over Tikrit.

or maybe they're underground? i honestly don't believe for a moment that they're there at all, but maybe the army should bring some seismic, sonic equipment and go over the country with miniscule precision.

oh, wait, they've probably already done that twice.

only WMD's i know of are stored all over the place in the U.S. and Bush wants to make more. evil hypocrit.

[doubleyoi]

46. where are they?

they're in Anchorage, Alaska,
no, wait a minute, they're in Casper, Wyoming,
no wait, they're in Boise, Idaho, they're in the lobby of the Howard Johnsons being guarded by a man wearing a pink carnartion...
-Sorry, I was channelling ace bounty hunter Jack Walsh there for a minute:beer:

[daleo]

7. Might be carefully hidden

In this guy's ass. Better check Condi, Rummy, Perle, Blair, *, etc., too.

[Brotherjohn]

9. If he knows this, why doesn't he know where they are? Remember that memo?

These Iraqi officials (all "anointed" by the Bush administration) will say anything to keep they position, and likely, their lives.

Remember a few weeks back, when "members of the governing council" brought forth that memo? The one which conveniently admitted that Iraq supervised, paid for, trained, and approved the targets of Mohammed Atta, and also, along with Syria and Lebanon, AND Al Qaeda, received an "unspecified" shipment from Niger.

That's an awful lot of Bush dreams-come-true for one little two-paragraph memo, not to mention none of it is backed up by any other evidence anywhere, FBI records show Mohammed Atta to have been in the U.S. at the time, and there is a thriving market for just this type of forged document in Iraq right now (they wouldn't say where the memo came from).

Yeah. Real credible source.

[1songbird]

11. Translation= Just give us more time to plant the WMDs. n/t

[Emillereid]

40. Now that they have those pesky inspectors out of there --

the Bushits can get about the business of burying some - in time for an October surprise.

[Dover]

15. I wanna know how much these bribes are costing us........

and all we get are worthless lies.

They are actually going to try to pull this one off. Stay tuned for the big discovery....WMD FOUND In Spider hole with bin Laden himself!! News at eleven.

That should cover it....

[Chicago Democrat]

16. Our Lying Puppets and Yes-Men in Baghdad & Washington

This Iraqi Foreign Minister is appointed by Bush, dependent on Bush, and paid for by Bush. This so-called "foreign minister" is un-elected and simply parrots whatever Bush wants him to say. I ain't buying it.

MoveOn Ad Idea:

clips:

Powell shaking powder in UN/Bush Yellow Cake/ Kay says No WMD
Cheney lying onWMD /Powell shaking powder/ Kay Says No WMD
Condolevil Rice lying on WMD/Powell shaking powder/ Kay say No WMD
Bush says No Nation Building/ Bush says Must Build Nation
Wolfowitz Lying on occupation costs/ Bush requesting 87 Billion

etc....

something like that....Gosh I wish I knew more about editing...There are so many obvious lies to splice and interpose. We don't have to say anything, the facts and their actions speak for themselves.

[librechik]

17. translation: I would say anything at all to keep the US here

as my faction's private army. Thanks for getting rid of Saddam for us! Now it's our turn to impose a brutal regime...

[spanone]

18. OK, never mind, sorry I brought it up.....jeeeez

[truthisfreedom]

19. hell, they have conventional weapons and explosives hidden all over so

they can attack our troops. of course they have bushco's special batch of weapons hidden, right where they can discover them at jut the proper moment to provide a distraction to Kerry or whoever at the moment of greatest momentum

you see, rove needs the WMD discussion to remain in the news so he can vindicate bush at the last second. but what he doesn't realize is that the vast majority of voters just don't care anymore about WMDs. he's let it go too long. they should have dug up those planted WMDs long ago.

[peterh]

20. Question for Zebari….

Can you elaborate on possible techniques for hiding large stockpiles of WMD?
:shrug:
Ok then, can you elaborate on what certain areas you had in mind where they might be hidden?
:shrug:
Hmmm….ok, last question…what are those strings attached to various parts of your body for?
:shrug:

[Raven]

21. This is a real sign that Bush is in trouble.

Talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel. We don't believe our own people when they tell us there are no WND's but we believe this scum? I say, bring it on, this administration is going into panic mode alot faster than I thought it would.

PS. Now I know this is a biased Mom speaking but I wonder if the thugs have taken note of the new DK Press Secretary and the very first book he wrote on the subject. I wonder if they are afraid that there will be more press attention to this? Or maybe it is the flap that the Hutton report has caused in GB. Whatever it is, the American people are not going to believe some Iraqi lowlife in US control.

[underpants]

23. HOW are they hidden? What is the shelf like on these things anyway?

Does it matter if they are stored correctly or are they useless now no matter what was done?

These questions and many more will be answered in this edition of....

The War with Iraq what the Bush team doesn't want you to know.

[MarkTwain]

49. You hit it right on the head....

.... the prick (Rove, that is) is in major trouble - which he apparently now knows - when he resorts to low lifes like this to save his sorry wingnut ass and that of the Cabal.

[RoadRunner]

22. So why didn't Saddam hide where the WMD are hidden?

instead of in a stinking hole in the ground.

[Judi Lynn]

48. Good one, RoadRunner. n/t

[markses]

25. Ah, Zebari

1. Who is speaking?

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/09/iraq-030909-rferl-165049.htm

In his speech, Zebari -- an Iraqi Kurd who for several years represented the Kurdistan Democratic Party in London and Washington -- sought to lay out the future of Iraq's foreign policy.

---snip---

Needless to say, an iraqi exile who now acts as the anointed mouthpiece for the so-called US "Coalition Provisional Authority" (It ain't a coalition, it ain't provisional, and it has no authority), and who spent the majority of his time pre-April 2003 in...uhhh...London would have Exteeeeeensive knowledge of the means by which the previous government "concealed" it's putative WMD?

Oh, he also spent quite a bit of time in DC, chatting up the State Department, no doubt on this same subject....in 1999!

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/irqusop.htm

may 25, 1999 :

In announcing the activities Monday, Rubin, said that the administration was embarking on a new policy. “This kind of broad-based political regime change, overt policy, is a new policy,” he said. He described the membership of the opposition that the administration is backing as being a “variety” that stretched beyond the interests of Chalabi. Among those groups at the State Department Monday were the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, led by Latif Rashid, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Hoshyar Zebari. State Department officials said they were pleased a centrist Sunni leader in exile, Riyad al Yawir, was present Monday.

---snip---

You can also catch this two-bit flack mucking it up with Iraq WMD expert...Judith Miller! Oh, the credibility:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec02/after_saddam_12-16.html

He's also known to keep charming company! Talk about your unknown unknowns....

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Chin103102/chin103102.html

In August, officials from six different Iraqi opposition groups met in Washington at the request of a "joint invitation" from the Defense Department and the State Department. Attending this summit meeting:

Donald Rumsfeld
Marc Grossman, undersecretary of state for political affairs
Doug Feith, undersecretary of defense
Dick Cheney (via video conference, from Wyoming)
Colin Powell
Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Ahmed Chalabi (Iraqi National Congress)
Jalal Talabani (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan)
Major General Tawfiq al-Yassiri (Iraqi National Coalition)
Hoshyar Zebari, aide to Massoud Barzani (Kurdish Democratic Party)
Ayadh Allawi (Iraqi National Accord)
Shaif Ali Bin Hussein Constitutional Monarchy Party
Abdelaziz Al-Hakim brother of SCIRI leader Muhammad Bakr al-Hakim
Major General Saad Obeidi, former head of Iraqi psychological warfare
Prince Hassan of Jordan, the uncle of King Abdullah of Jordan

---snip----

I guess we could go on, but why bother?

[pinto]

26. kick, Zebari knew one line about WMD would keep Kurds

in the papers while Turkey meets with US Admin....

Press took the bait with no "background" info provided for context...

[markses]

29. Excellent point

It is not so much what Zebari's pronouncemnt says - it says nothing at all, or says only the same lies which are by now transparently false. No, it is rather what Zebari's statement does, on this day, at this time, for X purpose. So, yes, reminding us all that the Turkish head honcho is visiting with Bush, Inc. today certainly sheds some light on the motives of Zebari's pronouncement. You can almost see the Agency flack: "So, come out with a bit more on WMD, and we'll hardball the Turkman in discussions."

Stupid little games, with millions of lives in the balance. These people, let us not forget, consider themselves moral in the extreme...:eyes:

[okieinpain]

27. oh damn, now I've heard it all. we find saddam in a freakin hole

but they have sophisticated means to hide the freakin WMD's. what a load of crap.

[american_mutt]

32. Well of course!

Just look in his 'volcano lair' surrounded by his sharks with lazer beams!

[maggrwaggr]

37. David Kay must be KICKING himself!

He shoulda talked to this guy, no?

[DoYouEverWonder]

38. The nice thing about Iraq is it's a big, mostly flat place

about the size of Texas that we have been surveiling heavily for at least 12 years.

You couldn't take a shit in Iraq without us being able to see it, no less build a facility anywhere in the desert without the US noticing.

They are full of shit that they will ever find anything significant in Iraq in regards to WMD's, that we didn't already know about.

[Brotherjohn]

41. Is that the Teletubbies welcoming Bush onto the carrier?

[mike1963]

43. Tubbies plus Kermit

:D

[0rganism]

44. Oooh, do I ever feel a bout of photoshopping coming on

This one has legs.

So, should the Teletubbies be on the aircraft carrier, or should bush be waltzing into Teletubby land? Decisions decisions... maybe try both...

[DoYouEverWonder]

45. Don't forget to add a pocketbook

for the purple one.

[mike1963]

42. What gets lost in all this crapola is that Bio/Chem agents are NOT WMD

The only true WMD are nukes. It's very difficult to wreak mass devastation (and would be only human life, not "destruction" of infrastructure, etc., with mustard gas, sarin, anthrax, and such.