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Originally Posted by willravel
The day a high ranking Israeli tells the truth about an Arab state is the day I eat my hat. That's like Dr. No saying that James Bond is gay. Dr. No is not a good source for information on James Bond, just as Israel is not a good source of reliable intel on Iraq. Dollars to doughnuts this is just another racist/religionist statement.
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If there was ever a classic case of "poisoning the well," this is it. Apparently, no high-ranking Israeli has ever said a true word about any Arab state. Allrighty then.
Back in 2004, David Kay said the WMDs had been moved to Syria. It's my understanding that his word has been gospel to Democrats ever since he said he couldn't find any WMDs in Iraq.
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Saddam's WMD hidden in Syria, says Iraq survey chief
By Con Coughlin
(Filed: 25/01/2004)
David Kay, the former head of the coalition's hunt for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, yesterday claimed that part of Saddam Hussein's secret weapons programme was hidden in Syria.
In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, Dr Kay, who last week resigned as head of the Iraq Survey Group, said that he had uncovered evidence that unspecified materials had been moved to Syria shortly before last year's war to overthrow Saddam.
"We are not talking about a large stockpile of weapons," he said. "But we know from some of the interrogations of former Iraqi officials that a lot of material went to Syria before the war, including some components of Saddam's WMD programme. Precisely what went to Syria, and what has happened to it, is a major issue that needs to be resolved."
Dr Kay's comments will intensify pressure on President Bashar Assad to clarify the extent of his co-operation with Saddam's regime and details of Syria's WMD programme. Mr Assad has said that Syria was entitled to defend itself by acquiring its own biological and chemical weapons arsenal.
Syria was one of Iraq's main allies in the run-up to the war and hundreds of Iraqi officials - including members of Saddam's family - were given refuge in Damascus after the collapse of the Iraqi dictator's regime. Many of the foreign fighters responsible for conducting terrorist attacks against the coalition are believed to have entered Iraq through Syria.
A Syrian official last night said: "These allegations have been raised many times in the past by Israeli officials, which proves that they are false."[Is he a relative of yours?]
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