Comments on: Might Just Be More Missing Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction Found

By: JDZ

JDZ — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:52:02 +0000

I’ve clarified the headline. I sometimes forget that my intended tone does not automatically attach itself to overly terse prose.

By: Mark Zanger

Mark Zanger — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:20:43 +0000

Possibly this claim is a lie. Sometimes, Palestinian extremists tell lies. At the moment, they are under a great deal of pressure, caused by elements of Hamas, their rivals. If the Israelis invade Gaza, these guys will be liquidated, and they know this. They are apt to say things that are inexact. For their claim to be true, there is the same problem with many other claims you have considered about the missing WMDs—somebody who know has them has to act with extraordinary restraint in a situation where madmen are cutting people’s heads off. In this case, the Al Aqsa brigades claim to have more than 20 kinds of chemical and biological weapons and not used them… presumably because they were only desperate enough to use human suicide bombers, but not desperate enough to use chemical weapons in rockets. These weapons may turn up, but I doubt it. Then you will have to find some argument that they were smuggled somewhere else.
—Mark

By: Herb

Herb — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:50:01 +0000

It’s great to make assumptions. The point is that your assumption is not supported by the article. The headline here is bogus.

By: David Warnock

David Warnock — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:14:01 +0000

Gaza is closely linked to Syrian Hezbollah and Hamas forces. There is a great deal of evidence that Iraqi chemical and biological (CB) weapons were moved to Syria during the runup to Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Palestinians have exactly zero expertise in those fields. They did not develop CB weapons. That means they must have received them from somewhere else. Now where could that be?

By: herb

herb — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:41:24 +0000

Gaza aint in Iraq dude. Try looking on a map.