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Russians moved the high explosives; Peters clears up Al Qaqaa
The Russians, seeking to cover up their involvement with the Hussein regime, “almost certainly” moved 380 tons of high explosives from the Al Qaqaa storage site in Iraq just before the war, as reported by Bill Gertz in the Washington Times. Yet the material, writes Powerline, “completely disappeared, probably because it was shipped to Syria before the war started. Do you suppose that, wherever the 380 tons are now, there might be a little extra room for some vials of anthrax, sarin, nerve gas, etc.?”
Also, Ralph Peters provides a clear summing up of the Al Qaqaa issue, showing the literal impossibility of the charge by Kerry and his UN friends that the 380 tons of high explosives were spirited from the ammo dump after the U.S. Army took possession of it. Comments
“Also, Ralph Peters provides a clear summing up of the Al Qaqaa issue, showing the literal impossibility of the charge by Kerry and his UN friends that the 380 tons of high explosives were spirited from the ammo dump after the U.S. Army took possession of it.” No, he hasn’t either. It’s a “begging the question” argument. He’s saying, “We had the technical capability which, *if nobody screwed up*, could have prevented the explosives from being removed. No such prevention took place. Therefore no such removal took place. Therefore nobody screwed up. Therefore the accusation that somebody screwed up is baseless.” There are many pro-Arab elements in the Russian government such as former intelligence chief and prime minister Yevgeny Primakov, who is a close friend of Saddam going back to the 1960’s. The Russian military-industrial complex is also very pro-Arab as are the intelligence services, especially the GRU and SVR - military and foreign intelligence. Posted by: Eugene Girin on October 28, 2004 5:23 PMI wonder if we have some evidence of this and that is why Putin suddenly decided to support Bush. Posted by: Michael Jose on October 28, 2004 9:17 PMI think Putin decided to back Bush for two reasons. First, he’s aware that America found out about the help Moscow gave Saddam before and during the campaign and Putin is trying to alleviate the damage. Secondly, he’s afraid that a Kerry presidency with a superinterventionist Secretary of State (either Holbrooke or Biden) will mean that America will take a tougher approach towards Russian actions in Chechnya. Posted by: Eugene Girin on October 28, 2004 9:42 PMThe Russians couldn’t give two ***** what people think of them. That the prowar party is jumping on this lame-ass story leaked by the Bush Administration shows how corrupted they’ve allowed their intellects to become. Posted by: Derek Copold on October 29, 2004 10:29 AMThe Russians will care about what people think of them when the Kerry State Department and the EU will throw them out of the G-8 (which should be done, by the way) and will talk about sanctions. Have you considered that possiblity, Mr. Copold? Posted by: Eugene Girin on October 29, 2004 4:44 PM |