[Peace-discuss] WMD's soon to be "discovered" in Iraq?

[Sandra Ahten]

This is really frightening. I'll place my money on this being the reason for 
the press conference tonight. Anyone know the source? What is MNA?
Sandra Ahten


>From: "Phil Stinard" <pstinard at hotmail.com>
>To: peace-discuss at lists.cu.groogroo.com
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] WMD's soon to be "discovered" in Iraq?
>Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:15:48 -0500
>
>New Reports on U.S. Planting WMDs in Iraq
>By News Report
>Apr 13, 2004, 12:10
>
>
>BASRA, April 12 (MNA) -– Fifty days after the first reports that the U.S. 
>forces were unloading weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in southern Iraq, 
>new reports about the movement of these weapons have been disclosed.
>
>
>Sources in Iraq speculate that occupation forces are using the recent 
>unrest in Iraq to divert attention from their surreptitious shipments of 
>WMD into the country.
>
>
>An Iraqi source close to the Basra Governor’s Office told the MNA that new 
>information shows that a large part of the WMD, which was secretly brought 
>to southern and western Iraq over the past month, are in containers falsely 
>labeled as containers of the Maeresk shipping company and some consignments 
>bearing the labels of organizations such as the Red Cross or the USAID in 
>order to disguise them as relief shipments.
>
>
>The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that Iraqi officials 
>including forces loyal to the Iraqi Governing Council stationed in southern 
>Iraq have been forbidden from inspecting or supervising the transportation 
>of these consignments. He went on to say that the occupation forces have 
>ordered Iraqi officials to forward any questions on the issue to the 
>coalition forces. Even the officials of the international relief 
>organizations have informed the Iraqi officials that they would only accept 
>responsibility for relief shipments which have been registered and managed 
>by their organizations.
>
>
>The Iraqi source also confirmed the report about suspicious trucks with 
>fake Saudi and Jordanian license plates entering Iraq at night last week, 
>stressing that the Saudi and Jordanian border guards did not attempt to 
>inspect the trucks but simply delivered them to the U.S. and British forces 
>stationed on Iraq’s borders.
>
>
>However, the source expressed ignorance whether the governments of Saudi 
>Arabia and Jordan were aware of such movements.
>
>
>A professor of physics at Baghdad University also told the MNA 
>correspondent that a group of his colleagues who are highly specialized in 
>military, chemical and biological fields have been either bribed or 
>threatened during the last weeks to provide written information on what 
>they know about various programs and research centers and the possible 
>storage of WMD equipment.
>
>
>The professor also said these people have been openly asked to confirm or 
>deny the existence of research or related WMD equipment. A large number of 
>these scientists, who are believed to be under the surveillance of U.S. 
>intelligence operatives, have claimed that if they refuse to comply with 
>this request, they may be killed or arrested on charges of concealing the 
>truth if these weapons are found by the Bush administration in the future.
>
>
>He said that the Iraqi scientists believe their lives would be in danger if 
>they decline to cooperate with the occupation forces, especially when they 
>recall that senior U.S. officer Michael Peterson once said, “Iraqi 
>scientists are at any case a threat to the U.S. administration, whether 
>they talk or not.”
>
>
>A source close to the Iraqi Governing Council said, “In the meantime, many 
>suspect containers disguised as fuel supplies have been moved about by some 
>units of the U.S. special forces. The move has been carried out under heavy 
>security measures. Also, there are unofficial reports that the containers 
>held biological and bacteriological toxins in liquid form. It is possible 
>that the news about the discovery of the WMDs would be announced later.”
>
>
>He also said that such mixtures had been used by the Saddam regime in the 
>1990s.
>
>
>The source added that some provocative actions such as the closure of 
>Al-Hawza periodical by U.S. administrator Paul Bremer, the secret meetings 
>between his envoys with some extremist groups who have no relations with 
>the Iraqi Governing Council, the sudden upsurge in violence in central and 
>southern Iraq, a number of activities which have stoked up the wrath of the 
>prominent Shia clerics, and finally, the spate of kidnappings and the 
>baseless charges against the Iranian charge d’affaires in Baghdad are 
>providing the necessary smokescreen for the transportation of the WMD to 
>their intended locations.
>
>
>He said they are quite aware that the White House in cooperation with the 
>Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has directly tasked the Defense 
>Department to hide these weapons. Given the recent scandals to the effect 
>that the U.S. president was privy to the 9/11 plot, they might try to 
>immediately announce the discovery of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq 
>in order to overshadow the scandals and prevent a further decline of Bush’s 
>public opinion rating as the election approaches.
>
>
>http://www.mehrnews.com/wfNewsDetails_en.aspx?NewsID=70071&t=Political
>
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