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furie

02-19-2006, 11:40 AM

<a target='blank' href=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/18/hussein.tapes/index.html>"We already knew he had them in the early '90s and wanted to get them again after he lost them but was not able to," the official said.

A spokeswoman for Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte said the tapes were "fascinating," but they "do not reveal anything that changes their postwar analysis of Iraq's weapons programs, nor do they change the findings contained in the comprehensive Iraq Survey Group report."

The Survey Group report, written by Charles Duelfer and published in October 2004, concluded that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction when the United States invaded in March of 2003, but the regime intended to resume its WMD programs once U.N. sanctions were lifted.

Of the tapes, Duelfer said, "The tapes tend to reinforce, confirm, and to a certain extent, provide a bit more detail, the conclusions which we brought out in the report." </a>

Still not the smoking gun we've been looking for.

Bulldogcakes

02-19-2006, 01:08 PM

Fucking tools are getting screwy again.   

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Bulldogcakes

02-19-2006, 01:08 PM

Bulldogcakes wrote: In another recording, an unidentified man tells Hussein that the
U.N. weapons inspections are meaningless because the regime still
maintains the intent and the technical knowledge to reconstitute its
weapons programs."Sir, they cannot deprive us our will, and
despite the pressures they bring to bear on us through monitoring, and
despite the fact we were not able to put to use our missile technology,
the time is not their side," the unidentified man said."No
matter how much they take from us, the factories will be in our brains
and souls, and the people who can make missiles out of stones and use
them with success in four days can certainly achieve a great deal in
one, two, or five years." Reads like a Bush campaign ad. We often spend so much time reading beween the lines with what politicians say, its amazing when they're just being straight with us. And of course, still nobody believes them. But no, this was all about oil, and GWB getting back at him for trying to assassinate his father. Right?    

This message was edited by Bulldogcakes on 2-19-06 @ 5:26 PM

Stankfoot

02-19-2006, 02:20 PM

"Terrorism is coming. I told the Americans a long time before August 2 and I told the British as well, I think," Hussein tells then-Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz. "I told them that in the future there will be terrorism with weapons of mass destruction."He added, however, that Iraq would have no part in it. August 2 is believed to be a reference to the date of the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, which sparked the Gulf War the following year."This is coming. This story is coming, but not from Iraq," Hussein said."No matter how much they take from us, the factories will be in our brains and souls, and the people who can make missiles out of stones and use them with success in four days can certainly achieve a great deal in one, two, or five years."So as long as we kept the sanctions in place that were in fact working, we only have to worry about those damn stone missiles ....

TheMojoPin

02-19-2006, 04:45 PM

Bulldogcakes wrote:  Bulldogcakes wrote: In another recording, an unidentified man tells Hussein that the U.N. weapons inspections are meaningless because the regime still maintains the intent and the technical knowledge to reconstitute its weapons programs."Sir, they cannot deprive us our will, and despite the pressures they bring to bear on us through monitoring, and despite the fact we were not able to put to use our missile technology, the time is not their side," the unidentified man said."No matter how much they take from us, the factories will be in our brains and souls, and the people who can make missiles out of stones and use them with success in four days can certainly achieve a great deal in one, two, or five years." Reads like a Bush campaign ad. We often spend so much time reading beween the lines with what politicians say, its amazing when they're just being straight with us. And of course, still nobody believes them.  But no, this was all about oil, and GWB getting back at him for trying to assassinate his father. Right?Did you actually read what you quoted?

Snoogans

02-19-2006, 06:05 PM

"Terrorism is coming. I
told the Americans a long time before August 2 and I told the British
as well, I think," Hussein tells then-Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz.
"I told them that in the future there will be terrorism with weapons of
mass destruction."He
added, however, that Iraq would have no part in it. August 2 is
believed to be a reference to the date of the 1990 Iraqi invasion of
Kuwait, which sparked the Gulf War the following year."This is coming. This story is coming, but not from Iraq," Hussein said.  why do i get a feeling in my gut that this is completely true?

furie

02-19-2006, 07:00 PM

well, lets keep in mind this is Hussein saying this. i'm not going to take just his word for it.

FUNKMAN

02-19-2006, 07:44 PM

read his lips...honestly, can you take any politician 100% at their word?50%?25%  going once going twice, SOLD to the man in the blue suit...

Bulldogcakes

02-20-2006, 05:38 PM

TheMojoPin wrote:Did you actually read what you quoted?  Oh yeah? Well congrats buddy, you just earned the first spot on my new list. Its the <img width="174" height="231" border="0" src="http://lightsout.onestop.net/talktothehand.jpg" /> LIST!