MI6 and CIA heard Iraq had no active WMD capabilities

[BecauseIKnow]

MI6 and CIA heard Iraq had no active WMD capability ahead of invasion | World news | guardian.co.uk

Fresh evidence is revealed today about how MI6 and the CIA were told through secret channels by Saddam Hussein's foreign minister and his head of intelligence that Iraq had no active weapons of mass destruction.

Tony Blair told parliament before the war that intelligence showed Iraq's nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons programme was "active", "growing" and "up and running".

A special BBC Panorama programme tonight will reveal how British and US intelligence agencies were informed by top sources months before the invasion that Iraq had no active WMD programme, and that the information was not passed to subsequent inquiries.

It describes how Naji Sabri, Saddam's foreign minister, told the CIA's station chief in Paris at the time, Bill Murray, through an intermediary that Iraq had "virtually nothing" in terms of WMD.

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[TNHarley]

I thought they found a bunch of yellow cake?

 

[BecauseIKnow]

Lets take this thread seriously.....

 

[KevinWestern]

MI6 and CIA heard Iraq had no active WMD capability ahead of invasion | World news | guardian.co.uk

Fresh evidence is revealed today about how MI6 and the CIA were told through secret channels by Saddam Hussein's foreign minister and his head of intelligence that Iraq had no active weapons of mass destruction.

Tony Blair told parliament before the war that intelligence showed Iraq's nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons programme was "active", "growing" and "up and running".

A special BBC Panorama programme tonight will reveal how British and US intelligence agencies were informed by top sources months before the invasion that Iraq had no active WMD programme, and that the information was not passed to subsequent inquiries.

It describes how Naji Sabri, Saddam's foreign minister, told the CIA's station chief in Paris at the time, Bill Murray, through an intermediary that Iraq had "virtually nothing" in terms of WMD.

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War is big business, and I adamantly believe that $$$ was the #1 reason the US invaded Iraq; there's really no other explanation. I just read somewhere that it's estimated the war cost taxpayers about $2 trillion so far. That's $2 trillion in revenue for all of the arms makers, the uniform suppliers, the temporary housing suppliers, ect, ect. Dick Cheney's company Halliburton was even being criticized for charging US soldiers (and ultimately taxpayers) over $100 for every load of laundry!

Even in 2003, it was publicly known that Iraq had absolutely zero connection to the events that happened on 9/11/2001.

It's all so sad, especially given that so many young people came home maimed or killed, and so many innocent civilians on the other side payed the ultimate price too... for what? Money?

If there's a hell, the architects behind all this will be paying a very steep price.

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[BecauseIKnow]

MI6 and CIA heard Iraq had no active WMD capability ahead of invasion | World news | guardian.co.uk

Fresh evidence is revealed today about how MI6 and the CIA were told through secret channels by Saddam Hussein's foreign minister and his head of intelligence that Iraq had no active weapons of mass destruction.

Tony Blair told parliament before the war that intelligence showed Iraq's nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons programme was "active", "growing" and "up and running".

A special BBC Panorama programme tonight will reveal how British and US intelligence agencies were informed by top sources months before the invasion that Iraq had no active WMD programme, and that the information was not passed to subsequent inquiries.

It describes how Naji Sabri, Saddam's foreign minister, told the CIA's station chief in Paris at the time, Bill Murray, through an intermediary that Iraq had "virtually nothing" in terms of WMD.

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War is big business, and I adamantly believe that $$$ was the #1 reason the US invaded Iraq; there's really no other explanation. I just read somewhere that it's estimated the war cost taxpayers about $2 trillion so far. That's $2 trillion in revenue for all of the arms makers, the uniform suppliers, the temporary housing suppliers, ect, ect. Dick Cheney's company Halliburton was even being criticized for charging US soldiers (and ultimately taxpayers) over $100 for every load of laundry!

Even in 2003, it was publicly known that Iraq had absolutely zero connection to the events that happened on 9/11/2001.

It's all so sad, especially given that so many young people came home maimed or killed, and so many innocent civilians on the other side payed the ultimate price too... for what? Money?

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You said all I needed to say. It's sad that things have to be this way and it's sad it can still go on. People are gullible and believe lies.

 

[TNHarley]

Lets take this thread seriously.....

lol I am Yellowcake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[BecauseIKnow]

Lets take this thread seriously.....

lol I am Yellowcake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Damn it. LOL. I knew it at first then I confused myself.

 

[g5000]

I thought they found a bunch of yellow cake?

The yellow cake in Iraq was there since prior to 1991 and had been cataloged and supervised by UN inspectors. It was not "found".

That yellow cake was for nuclear reactors.

ETA: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/25546334#.UUdy6Bxqm1s

 

[TNHarley]

I thought they found a bunch of yellow cake?

The yellow cake in Iraq was there since prior to 1991 and had been cataloged and supervised by UN inspectors.

That yellow cake was for nuclear reactors.

ETA: U.S. removes 'yellowcake' from Iraq - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - Conflict in Iraq | NBC News

Oh. Thanks for the link!

 

[Mustang]

MI6 and CIA heard Iraq had no active WMD capability ahead of invasion | World news | guardian.co.uk

Fresh evidence is revealed today about how MI6 and the CIA were told through secret channels by Saddam Hussein's foreign minister and his head of intelligence that Iraq had no active weapons of mass destruction.

Tony Blair told parliament before the war that intelligence showed Iraq's nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons programme was "active", "growing" and "up and running".

A special BBC Panorama programme tonight will reveal how British and US intelligence agencies were informed by top sources months before the invasion that Iraq had no active WMD programme, and that the information was not passed to subsequent inquiries.

It describes how Naji Sabri, Saddam's foreign minister, told the CIA's station chief in Paris at the time, Bill Murray, through an intermediary that Iraq had "virtually nothing" in terms of WMD.

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There were a great number of people (both Iraqi and American) who wanted the US to invade Iraq for reasons of their own. Let's consider Iraqi reasons for just a moment. If you're an expatriot Iraqi who wants to go home to your family, but you can't because you're a wanted man by Saddam's secret police, you're going to want Saddam gone. And are you going to care how that happens? No. Would you lie or support a fabricated story that will make it much more likely that the strongest military in the world will get rid of Saddam FOR you...so you can go home because you don't want to live in exile in the West for the rest of your life? Of course you would lie. And professional American foreign policy experts would know that the word of certain Iraqis could not be taken at face value.

 

[KevinWestern]

There were a great number of people (both Iraqi and American) who wanted the US to invade Iraq for reasons of their own. Let's consider Iraqi reasons for just a moment. If you're an expatriot Iraqi who wants to go home to your family, but you can't because you're a wanted man by Saddam's secret police, you're going to want Saddam gone. And are you going to care how that happens? No. Would you lie or support a fabricated story that will make it much more likely that the strongest military in the world will get rid of Saddam FOR you...so you can go home because you don't want to live in exile in the West for the rest of your life? Of course you would lie. And professional American foreign policy experts would know that the word of certain Iraqis could not be taken at face value.

Agreed. Kind of like Cheney and his less than subtle connection to Halliburton, too. Wonder how many of his former colleagues expressed their interest in "a very lucrative" long term war.

 

[StevenC]

MI6 and CIA heard Iraq had no active WMD capability ahead of invasion | World news | guardian.co.uk

Fresh evidence is revealed today about how MI6 and the CIA were told through secret channels by Saddam Hussein's foreign minister and his head of intelligence that Iraq had no active weapons of mass destruction.

Tony Blair told parliament before the war that intelligence showed Iraq's nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons programme was "active", "growing" and "up and running".

A special BBC Panorama programme tonight will reveal how British and US intelligence agencies were informed by top sources months before the invasion that Iraq had no active WMD programme, and that the information was not passed to subsequent inquiries.

It describes how Naji Sabri, Saddam's foreign minister, told the CIA's station chief in Paris at the time, Bill Murray, through an intermediary that Iraq had "virtually nothing" in terms of WMD.

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Couple things here.
Was it "no WMD's" or "Virtually nothing"?
And this is from the foreign minister who would have a very good reason to lie. The were trying to keep the US and other from attacking.
Also if you are giong to believe this guy why not this?
"The man who served as the no. 2 official in Saddam Hussein’s air force says Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria before the war by loading the weapons into civilian aircraft in which the passenger seats were removed. The Iraqi general, Georges Sada, makes the charges in a new book, “Saddam’s Secrets,” released this week. He detailed the transfers in an interview yesterday with The New York Sun."
Iraq?s WMD Moved to Syria Before War, Says General

 

[BecauseIKnow]

MI6 and CIA heard Iraq had no active WMD capability ahead of invasion | World news | guardian.co.uk

Fresh evidence is revealed today about how MI6 and the CIA were told through secret channels by Saddam Hussein's foreign minister and his head of intelligence that Iraq had no active weapons of mass destruction.

Tony Blair told parliament before the war that intelligence showed Iraq's nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons programme was "active", "growing" and "up and running".

A special BBC Panorama programme tonight will reveal how British and US intelligence agencies were informed by top sources months before the invasion that Iraq had no active WMD programme, and that the information was not passed to subsequent inquiries.

It describes how Naji Sabri, Saddam's foreign minister, told the CIA's station chief in Paris at the time, Bill Murray, through an intermediary that Iraq had "virtually nothing" in terms of WMD.

..............

There were a great number of people (both Iraqi and American) who wanted the US to invade Iraq for reasons of their own. Let's consider Iraqi reasons for just a moment. If you're an expatriot Iraqi who wants to go home to your family, but you can't because you're a wanted man by Saddam's secret police, you're going to want Saddam gone. And are you going to care how that happens? No. Would you lie or support a fabricated story that will make it much more likely that the strongest military in the world will get rid of Saddam FOR you...so you can go home because you don't want to live in exile in the West for the rest of your life? Of course you would lie. And professional American foreign policy experts would know that the word of certain Iraqis could not be taken at face value.

I agree but accepting a lie as evidence is criminal.

 

[StevenC]

I thought they found a bunch of yellow cake?

The yellow cake in Iraq was there since prior to 1991 and had been cataloged and supervised by UN inspectors. It was not "found".

That yellow cake was for nuclear reactors.

ETA: U.S. removes 'yellowcake' from Iraq - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - Conflict in Iraq | NBC News

Like the reactor that was blown up by the Israelis because it was bieng used to produce weapons?

 

[BecauseIKnow]

MI6 and CIA heard Iraq had no active WMD capability ahead of invasion | World news | guardian.co.uk

Fresh evidence is revealed today about how MI6 and the CIA were told through secret channels by Saddam Hussein's foreign minister and his head of intelligence that Iraq had no active weapons of mass destruction.

Tony Blair told parliament before the war that intelligence showed Iraq's nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons programme was "active", "growing" and "up and running".

A special BBC Panorama programme tonight will reveal how British and US intelligence agencies were informed by top sources months before the invasion that Iraq had no active WMD programme, and that the information was not passed to subsequent inquiries.

It describes how Naji Sabri, Saddam's foreign minister, told the CIA's station chief in Paris at the time, Bill Murray, through an intermediary that Iraq had "virtually nothing" in terms of WMD.

..............

Couple things here.
Was it "no WMD's" or "Virtually nothing"?
And this is from the foreign minister who would have a very good reason to lie. The were trying to keep the US and other from attacking.
Also if you are giong to believe this guy why not this?
"The man who served as the no. 2 official in Saddam Hussein’s air force says Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria before the war by loading the weapons into civilian aircraft in which the passenger seats were removed. The Iraqi general, Georges Sada, makes the charges in a new book, “Saddam’s Secrets,” released this week. He detailed the transfers in an interview yesterday with The New York Sun."
Iraq?s WMD Moved to Syria Before War, Says General

George Sadas sided with the US in the invasion, he hardly was Saddam's number 2 and he was a Chaldean piece of shit. Excuse my language. I never believed a word from a Chaldean's mouth.

Absolutely no evidence anything was moved to Syria by US investigators.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/25/AR2005042501554.html

 

[BecauseIKnow]

I thought they found a bunch of yellow cake?

The yellow cake in Iraq was there since prior to 1991 and had been cataloged and supervised by UN inspectors. It was not "found".

That yellow cake was for nuclear reactors.

ETA: U.S. removes 'yellowcake' from Iraq - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - Conflict in Iraq | NBC News

Like the reactor that was blown up by the Israelis because it was bieng used to produce weapons?

What do those reactors have to do with 2003? Do you not get what UN inspected is?

 

[Crackerjaxon]

That's actually pretty damned funny. Iraq's Foreigh Minister tells the CIA they have no WMD.

Yeah, they sure need to believe that at face value.

 

[StevenC]

MI6 and CIA heard Iraq had no active WMD capability ahead of invasion | World news | guardian.co.uk

Fresh evidence is revealed today about how MI6 and the CIA were told through secret channels by Saddam Hussein's foreign minister and his head of intelligence that Iraq had no active weapons of mass destruction.

Tony Blair told parliament before the war that intelligence showed Iraq's nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons programme was "active", "growing" and "up and running".

A special BBC Panorama programme tonight will reveal how British and US intelligence agencies were informed by top sources months before the invasion that Iraq had no active WMD programme, and that the information was not passed to subsequent inquiries.

It describes how Naji Sabri, Saddam's foreign minister, told the CIA's station chief in Paris at the time, Bill Murray, through an intermediary that Iraq had "virtually nothing" in terms of WMD.

..............

Couple things here.
Was it "no WMD's" or "Virtually nothing"?
And this is from the foreign minister who would have a very good reason to lie. The were trying to keep the US and other from attacking.
Also if you are giong to believe this guy why not this?
"The man who served as the no. 2 official in Saddam Hussein’s air force says Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria before the war by loading the weapons into civilian aircraft in which the passenger seats were removed. The Iraqi general, Georges Sada, makes the charges in a new book, “Saddam’s Secrets,” released this week. He detailed the transfers in an interview yesterday with The New York Sun."
Iraq?s WMD Moved to Syria Before War, Says General

George Sadas sided with the US in the invasion, he hardly was Saddam's number 2 and he was a Chaldean piece of shit. Excuse my language. I never believed a word from a Chaldean's mouth.

Absolutely no evidence anything was moved to Syria by US investigators.

Report Finds No Evidence Syria Hid Iraqi Arms

But you will believe the words of the foreign minister with no evidence? A man who had even more reason to lie than Sadas?
Do you always cherry pick facts to suit you agenda?

 

[StevenC]

The yellow cake in Iraq was there since prior to 1991 and had been cataloged and supervised by UN inspectors. It was not "found".

That yellow cake was for nuclear reactors.

ETA: U.S. removes 'yellowcake' from Iraq - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - Conflict in Iraq | NBC News

Like the reactor that was blown up by the Israelis because it was bieng used to produce weapons?

What do those reactors have to do with 2003? Do you not get what UN inspected is?

Just the fact that the Yellow Cake was still there. And the UN insepected is a farce just like the inspectors were.

 

[Too Tall]

I thought they found a bunch of yellow cake?

They did!

The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program - a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.

The removal of 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" - the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment - was a significant step toward closing the books on Saddam's nuclear legacy. It also brought relief to U.S. and Iraqi authorities who had worried the cache would reach insurgents or smugglers crossing to Iran to aid its nuclear ambitions.

U.S. Secretly Takes Yellowcake From Iraq - CBS News