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Kuwait foils smuggling of chemicals, bio warheads from Iraq

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Hot off the presses folks:

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


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Kuwait foils smuggling of chemicals, bio warheads from Iraq
Associated Press
Kuwait City, October 2

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.

Government officials could not be immediately reached for comment.

Iraqi Interior Minister Nouri Al-Badran met on Tuesday with Sheik Nawwaf and discussed cooperation between the two countries in security matters. His visit is the first by an Iraqi interior minister to Kuwait since 1990.


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Ooooohhh....I'm waiting to see if BBC or Arabnews will carry this feed...
So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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Lets see...I bet Fox news carries it (much to Quades chargrin), then CNN will *have* to carry it so they don't get scooped...



Right now the headline on Fox News is that Limbaugh is quitting his gig at ESPN over some comment about the QB from the Eagles...or something.
So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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I got the link from Drudge, he tends to get stuff out there quicker then most everything else. Even if he is pretty sensationalized. It is an AP report, though, not just his "reported by Matt Drudge" stuff he does.
--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

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Going to be interesting to hear from all the DZ.Com lefties who have criticized Bush for lying about WMD. My guess is they will respond withone or all of the following:

1.The CIA planted them.

2. Theres' no evidence they belong to Saddam.

3. They were just being transported thru Iraq.

4. Damned, there goes our best shot at defeating Bush.

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having zero credible evidence and falsified documents and playing on pop phobia to garner support, regardless of subsequent events, is not truthful. the event doesnt support the argument.

we'll see how it plays out. lets hope it is true and we got the most of them. whatever it is and whoever we are.

and fyi.. i only use my left when i wanna meet someone new.:P
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Going to be interesting to hear from all the DZ.Com lefties who have criticized Bush for lying about WMD.



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How did

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$60 million worth of chemical weapons and biological warheads

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get out of US occupied Iraq



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get out of US occupied Iraq



How does 60-trillion people jump the river and come into Texas and California every week? Big country, big desert...

Oh, and btw, they were caught, right?
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Probably could have got 70 million on ebay.



Is that with Buy it now?

On a serious note no time frame was mentioned for when the arrests happened. So it could be possible that this was some of the intelligence that PM Blair and President Bush used to make their decision.
Hell the story could be mentioned in the interim report that is being given by Kay today but so far neither the BBC nor Fox have reproted it.

On a happier note I went to the site that was linked and my new bride should be here in a week or two.;)

David

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Dashel and Kennedy, and their cronies will just say that it was a plant, and that the corrupt Bush admin is just doing it's best to decieve the US. And they will say that no matter what happens, how much proof is givien, how many testimonies are given to support it.
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Only problem with your argument is that there are weapons inspectors that haven't found anything. Hans Blix has said it's unlikely, The Iraqi scientist had centrifuge equipment buried from 10 years ago not 2 or 3 (suggesting it was forgotten about after GW 1 and not buried more recently). There is the article in Time magazine where several players in the WMD field were interviewed and said there's nothing. Also an Iraqi officer was interviewed where he stated that if they had WMD they would have used it to defend the airport.
There have been no significant finds of production facilities and the stories coming out now are of a regime that was either bluffing or that the scientists involved were lying to SH so he never shot them (a plausible explanation in my view).
I doubt the current administration will plant anything but I do doubt they'll find anything.

I think if they're lucky they may find a couple of battlefield artillery rounds but that's about it.

David

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Just thought it was a bogus way to indicate a quantity.
I mean if they said 60 million of smuggled beer I would have an idea what they were talking about.:S
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Personally I think the CIA needs to bankroll the Iraq take over. The oil is still in the pipeline and the mafia want their money now.

The French are marking it up before they sell it to some Palestinian. They have a 100% mark up to /bin/Larden. Who is mailing it back to the CIA with interest.

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How do you put a price on WMD?? I was not aware they were so widly sold that we were able to say "AH $60,000,000 worth..."

Surely # of barrels or Tonns or 3 truck loads or something would have been more helpfull.

Giving a $ ammount makes it sound like a drugs haul.:S

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Can anyone verify this story?



Funny how Drudge gets taken seriously on by people his stories make look good.

For the sheer number of times there's been reported finds of WMD in Iraq that've been proven false, I think I'll wait for a few more reliable news organizations to jump on this bandwagon before I make an ass out of myself...

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Can anyone verify this story?



Funny how Drudge gets taken seriously on by people his stories make look good.

For the sheer number of times there's been reported finds of WMD in Iraq that've been proven false, I think I'll wait for a few more reliable news organizations to jump on this bandwagon before I make an ass out of myself...

_Am



The Tag Line that says "Associated Press" means nothing then? As AP is an org/pool...
So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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