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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 08:59 PM
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Where is Scott Ritter?
I'm curious because David Kay totally legitimized everything that Ritter was saying before the war. I'd be curious to hear his opinions of Kay's intel accusations.
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Minstrel Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:00 PM
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1. He was on CBC Newsworld a couple of days ago
doing just that. The CBC often has him on.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:02 PM
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2. Thanks,
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buycitgo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:20 PM
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8. . huge page of links on bogus WMD stuff; lots, related to Blix
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/weapindex.htm

including these

Blix Downgrades Prewar Assessment of Iraqi Weapons (June 22, 2003)
Hans Blix, UN Chief Weapons Inspector, suspects that the Iraqi government possessed little more than "debris" from a former, secret weapons program before the US-led invasion. The US inability to find weapons of mass destruction after the fall of the Hussein regime has led Blix to downgrade his original assessment of the threat Iraq posed. (Washington Post)

Iraqi Mobile Labs Nothing to do with Germ Warfare, Report Finds (June 15, 2003)
Two trailers found in northern Iraq are not mobile germ labs as purported by US and UK government officials. These findings are a major embarrassment for Prime Minster Tony Blair, who continually insisted that the labs prove Iraqi ownership of weapons of mass destruction. (Observer)

Blix: I Was Smeared by the Pentagon (June 11, 2003)
On the eve of retirement, UN Chief Weapons Inspector Hans Blix has made sharp criticisms of Washington. He referred to “bastards” in the Bush administration who consistently undermined his efforts to find Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and "leaned on" his staff to tailor their reports. (Guardian)

UN Weapons Search in Iraq was Fruitless, Blix Says (June 3, 2003)
In a report to the Security Council Chief Inspector, Hans Blix, stated that before leaving on the eve of the US-UK led invasion, he had found no evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. (Associated Press)

Hans Blix Vs the US: I Was Undermined (April 23, 2003)
Chief weapons inspector Hans Blix accuses the Bush administration of lacking credibility in its hunt for weapons of mass destruction. Blix states that only the UN inspectors can provide an objective assessment of the material found. (Independent)

Briefing the Security Council on UNMOVIC's Readiness to Resume Operations (April 22, 2003)
This is the transcript of chief weapons inspector Hans Blix’s briefing to the UN Security Council on UNMOVIC’s work program in Iraq.

Blix: Intelligence Used to Justify Iraq War Disturbing (April 22, 2003)
Chief weapons inspector Hans Blix stated that US officials tried to discredit the UN weapons inspectors to win Security Council support for war on Iraq. (Middle East Online)




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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:02 PM
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3. Endorsing Dennis Kucinich for another thing n/t
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:26 PM
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11. Really?!
Really?
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buycitgo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:02 PM
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4. ha! beat me by one minute!
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:17 PM
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7. That's true
great minds think alike?
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:10 PM
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5. He was just at an event for Black Voices on MLK, Jr Day
Edited on Wed Jan-28-04 09:10 PM by pbl
Apparently, he was wonderful.

On Edit: I had no idea that he was a Republican.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:12 PM
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6. He was on local public radio this week
WNYC interview - I'm not sure which show it was though

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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:22 PM
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9. You can listen here
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EllieDem Donating Member (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:23 PM
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10. In the Burger King parking lot
meeting up with 14 year olds he met on the internet???

Sorry but until I know if that is true or not about him - he gives me the creeps.
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:28 PM
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12. It was a 16 year old girl...
Edited on Wed Jan-28-04 09:30 PM by alg0912
The Burger King part you got right...

And, I hear Scott Ritter is a "Kerry" man! ;)

<on edit - he was never convicted of the crime, either...>
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:29 PM
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13. How utterly tacky.
Edited on Wed Jan-28-04 09:29 PM by thebigidea
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:43 PM
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14. Perhaps he is online trying to make some new friends
;)
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:45 PM
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15. too late, we already met the smear attack quota on this thread
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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 09:48 PM
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16. Ritter was set-up. The timing was very suspect. read this...
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 10:03 PM
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17. Don't Know, But We Don't Want Personality Cult Thing Here n/t
Edited on Wed Jan-28-04 10:05 PM by UTUSN
On Edit: Speaking for myself, only, of course.
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buycitgo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 10:17 PM
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18. Aaron Brown on Kay right now
too early to see spin
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buycitgo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 10:25 PM
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19. ASSHOLE! he has on James Woolsey as his only guest
who supports the idea that it was intel failure!

he's former DCIA, of course.

too bad Aaron Brown is sucking up to HIM just like Wolf did to Kay

this is SO nauseating

whoaaaa

Woolsey is saying that not only did Saddam deceive his GENERALs about WMD 'readiness', but his scientists deceived HIM about their existence.

care to drive that one around the block for us, you lying POS?

what about ALL the evidence linked here, that shows he didn't HAVE a goddam THiNG?
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IkeWarnedUs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-04 10:57 PM
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20. Woolsey doesn't care about evidence
He is a PNAC'er - evidence just gets in their way.
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