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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 05:26 PM
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Occupying forces in Iraq under "obligation" to find weapons of mass destru
(Am going to post the full title of Article again as it was too big to fit in the Subject line, hope that's okay, mods)

Occupying forces in Iraq under "obligation" to find weapons of mass destruction: Hoon


(LONDON (AFP) - The US-led forces in Iraq (news - web sites) are under a sort of obligation to find weapons of mass destruction, billed as the chief reason for going to war, British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said.


"I accept we are under some sort of public obligation to try and find those weapons of mass destruction," Hoon told ITV television station.


"We are continuing in our efforts to do so. You and other members of the public quite rightly want to know where those weapons are," the defence secretary said of the alleged biological, chemical or nuclear arms, still elusive seven months after the fall of Baghdad to American-led troops.

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A poll released October 26 said more than 40 percent of Britons believe Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) -- the strongest backer of the American-instigated war -- had deliberately distorted information on the alleged weapons.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1538&e=14&u=/afp/iraq_britain_weapons
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 05:31 PM
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1. remember Hans Blix portrayed as Mr Magoo?
because he was apparently a blind fucking idiot for not being able to locate those weapons, while Saddam was still in power?

those same shit-heads are now the ones saying "give the inspectors more time"

and the sheep graze on...
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fshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 05:31 PM
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2. Like the Holy Grail...
Still looking...
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 05:33 PM
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3. Like Osama...
Like the anthrax assassin

like Enron

Like the Plame leaker


basic rule of thumb- if the Bush Admin says they are looking for it, you know they will never find it
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 10:53 PM
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8. you missed
like Saddam Hussein (another of the "disappeared from view")
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 05:40 PM
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4. Rumsfeld told us we know where they are...
...so either hand over the map, or admit you were lying, Rummy...
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mike1963 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 10:55 PM
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10. NO, Rummy said just Sunday he never said that! You dreamed it.
And those videotapes of him saying it are, just, photoshopped!

And he never said "EXTENSIVE" weapons of mass destruction. Just that there were millions of pounds of them. How dare you question our dear defense leader?
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bahrbearian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 06:03 PM
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5. Seem's that if they had em' they'd be using um'
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 06:04 PM
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6. If you read al jazeera to day you would see they are busy doing this.
Looking to women and kids and seeing where they hid these things. Pray tell me, what next?
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 10:50 PM
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7. Mr. Hoon had better watch out....
People have been known to commit suicide for less than that.
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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 10:54 PM
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9. For a billion dollars we could have bought the damn things.
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