AP/Reuters Says Blackhawk Hostile Fire Loss and First Chem Munitions Found

Saddam was supposed to have (a) destroyed all of his chemical munitions,
and
(b) accounted for same. It is obvious that in this case (a) any
destruction
was unintentional (or why would they have wrapped them up before burying
them?), and (b) he did not account for them. That would put him in
violation
of both the ceasefire agreements and the subsequent UN resolutions.

The rounds were found from former swamp bed (Saddam dried these swamps in
effort to catch the Shiia rebels after 1991) and were estimated to be 10+
years old by US specialists.

"tadaa" wrote in message ...
Saddam was supposed to have (a) destroyed all of his chemical munitions,
and
(b) accounted for same. It is obvious that in this case (a) any
destruction
was unintentional (or why would they have wrapped them up before burying
them?), and (b) he did not account for them. That would put him in
violation
of both the ceasefire agreements and the subsequent UN resolutions.

The rounds were found from former swamp bed (Saddam dried these swamps in
effort to catch the Shiia rebels after 1991) and were estimated to be 10+
years old by US specialists.

Uhmm...the last I heard the dating was inconclusive as of yet, with various
sources making differing claims, from "ten years" (which would of course
have been *after* ODS--it could be over *thirteen* years old and still have
been a post-ODS cache), to "the Iran-Iraq War". In the end, it does not
really matter--Saddam turned in repeated and differing accounts detailing
his alleged destruction of WMD...do you think he listed any of it as "Gee,
we lost it and don't know *where* it is"? I doubt it. Face it, he did not
meet the requirements.

Brooks

Kevin Brooks wrote:

"tadaa" wrote in message ...
Saddam was supposed to have (a) destroyed all of his chemical munitions,
and
(b) accounted for same. It is obvious that in this case (a) any
destruction
was unintentional (or why would they have wrapped them up before burying
them?), and (b) he did not account for them. That would put him in
violation
of both the ceasefire agreements and the subsequent UN resolutions.

The rounds were found from former swamp bed (Saddam dried these swamps in
effort to catch the Shiia rebels after 1991) and were estimated to be 10+
years old by US specialists.

Uhmm...the last I heard the dating was inconclusive as of yet, with various
sources making differing claims, from "ten years" (which would of course
have been *after* ODS--it could be over *thirteen* years old and still have
been a post-ODS cache), to "the Iran-Iraq War". In the end, it does not
really matter--Saddam turned in repeated and differing accounts detailing
his alleged destruction of WMD...do you think he listed any of it as "Gee,
we lost it and don't know *where* it is"? I doubt it. Face it, he did not
meet the requirements.

Brooks



Since there have been so many "Gulf Wars" and things are getting confusing, do
you think maybe we could call the current war "The Accounting Irregularities
War"?

Bob McKellar

The rounds were found from former swamp bed (Saddam dried these swamps
in
effort to catch the Shiia rebels after 1991) and were estimated to be
10+
years old by US specialists.

Uhmm...the last I heard the dating was inconclusive as of yet, with
various
sources making differing claims, from "ten years" (which would of course
have been *after* ODS--it could be over *thirteen* years old and still
have
been a post-ODS cache), to "the Iran-Iraq War". In the end, it does not
really matter--Saddam turned in repeated and differing accounts detailing
his alleged destruction of WMD...do you think he listed any of it as "Gee,
we lost it and don't know *where* it is"? I doubt it. Face it, he did not
meet the requirements.

I believe he claimed to have destroyed or disposed of those weapons, but not
so surprisingly no one believed him.