USAToday -- What Comes to Light in Iraq Reflects on Powell

[Sagan]

GREAT list of what Powell said and what the reality is. This should be preserved and used by the Dems to SLAM down all this fancy footwork and smoke and mirrors by the Repugs..

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Case against Saddam takes hits

One year ago, Colin Powell went before the U.N. Security Council to make the case that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction that posed a threat to its neighbors and the United States. The state of Powell's allegations after more than nine months of investigations by U.S. inspectors in Iraq:

Powell said: Iraq had at least 18 trailer trucks that it was using for mobile biological weapons production.
Evidence so far: U.S. forces found two trailers that the CIA initially concluded were for making biological weapons. David Kay, the former chief U.S. weapons inspector, now says the consensus in U.S. intelligence is that the vehicles were used to manufacture hydrogen for weather balloons.

Powell said: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could deliver biological agents on neighboring countries or "if transported, to other countries, including the United States."
Evidence so far: UAVs found in Iraq were too small to be used to spread biological agents. Instead, they appear to have been designed for spy missions.

Powell said: Iraq had a stockpile of "between 100 and 500 tons of chemical weapons agent."
Evidence so far: No stockpiles have been found. Kay says he believes none existed after the early 1990s.

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Not the whole article. Whole article at:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-02-04-powell-iraq_x.htm

[Sagan]

1. don't usually bump my own but...

These are great talking points.

[samsingh]

2. agreed

kick

[BeFree]

3. Powell, as the top military man

Had the duty to stand up for the soldiers. He failed.

As the top soldier in the * administration, he should have kept the warmongers at bay. He should have known exactly what the case was. It is now quite evident he did not have all the facts and for that failure alone, he should resign. And give up his military pension as repentance.

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