posted on Dec, 14 2003 @ 08:14 PM
Hans Blix:
"the leader of the weapons teams"....
Well Fulcrum, thats all lovely and well, but here is what UNSCOM weapon inspectors say:
"This information was the best available at the time, and was based on Iraqi declarations to UNSCOM inspectors between 1991�98 and data contained
in an UNSCOM report published in 1999........
This latest assessment of the quantities of material unaccounted for by UNSCOM inspectors which has potential applications in Iraq's chemical and
biological weapons programmes is as follows:
Up to 3,000 tonnes of precursor chemicals, approximately 300 tonnes of which, in the Iraqi CW programme, were unique to the production of VX nerve
agent; up to 360 tonnes of bulk CW agent including 1.5 tonnes of VX; and over 30,000 special munitions for delivery of chemical and biological agents;
large quantities of growth media acquired for use in the production of biological weapons�enough to produce over three times the amount of anthrax
Iraq admits to having manufactured.
Link:
www.iraqwatch.org...
BTW: Maybe Hans speaks with forked tongue?
Like this example as late as June 2003:
"But Blix also cited the long list of items, such as biological and chemical weapons, that remain unaccounted for. He said it was
difficult to resolve these issues under the former Iraqi regime."
Link:
www.rferl.org...
www.globalsecurity.org...
Or:
"However, Blix acknowledged that Iraq did not present items that were unaccounted for or evidence � records, documents, or other material � to
convince the inspectors that the banned items do not exist.
"As I have noted before, this does not necessarily mean that such items could not exist," he said. "They might � there remain long lists of
items unaccounted for � but it is not justified to jump to the conclusion that something exists just because it is unaccounted for."
Blix noted that for many years neither the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, known as UNMOVIC, nor its predecessor "made
significant finds of weapons," despite the large amounts of banned items that Iraq didn't account for.
"The lack of finds could be because the items were unilaterally destroyed by the Iraqi authorities or else because they were effectively concealed by
them," he said. *(educated speculation, at best)*
Blix reiterated that his teams were ready to resume work in Iraq....." Welp, by then and after 12+ years of BS'ing by Saddam....time ran
out.......
Link:
www.cbsnews.com...
The list of items, presented before Fulcrum, are
still unaccounted for. IF Mr. Saddam destroyed them, then
why did he not do as was
required by the Resolutions and have them documented and sent to the UN/UNSCOM? I have yet to find where reports or documentation from either Iraq or
UNSCOM that says anything to the contrary......the "unaccounted for" WMD are
still unaccounted for.
regards
seekerof
[Edited on 14-12-2003 by Seekerof]