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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:08 PM
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WaPo-"Iraqi Biolab Trailers"-MORE LIES & COVERUP -Revealed in Secret Reprt
Edited on Tue Apr-11-06 10:21 PM by kpete
Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War
Administration Pushed Notion of Banned Iraqi Weapons Despite Evidence to Contrary

By Joby Warrick
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 12, 2006; A01



On May 29, 2003, 50 days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush proclaimed a fresh victory for his administration in Iraq: Two small trailers captured by U.S. troops had turned out to be long-sought mobile "biological laboratories." He declared, "We have found the weapons of mass destruction."

The claim, repeated by top administration officials for months afterward, was hailed at the time as a vindication of the decision to go to war. But even as Bush spoke, U.S. intelligence officials possessed powerful evidence that it was not true.

A secret fact-finding mission to Iraq -- not made public until now -- had already concluded that the trailers had nothing to do with biological weapons. Leaders of the Pentagon-sponsored mission transmitted their unanimous findings to Washington in a field report on May 27, 2003, two days before the president's statement.

The three-page field report and a 122-page final report three weeks later were stamped "secret" and shelved. Meanwhile, for nearly a year, administration and intelligence officials continued to publicly assert that the trailers were weapons factories.

.................

"There was no connection to anything biological," said one expert who studied the trailers. Another recalled an epithet that came to be associated with the trailers: "the biggest sand toilets in the world."

more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/11/AR2006041101888_pf.html
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mindfulNJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:12 PM
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1. OK....
can we impeach the lyin SOB already now? How much more do we need? Good God!
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:13 PM
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2. gosh, I recall this so clearly!!
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Kutjara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:14 PM
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3. But aren't these the same trailers that Dr. David Kelly...
...(the weapons inspector whom the British government hounded to his death a couple of years ago for leaking the 'sexed up' WMD dossier) said weren't biological weapons labs? If so, this has been know about for at least two years.

Or is this another bunch of trailers?
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:15 PM
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4. I actually wrote about this last November
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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:26 PM
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5. I think this is about trailers
found AFTER we invaded as a "I told you they had weapons - here is proof"...
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:32 PM
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7. Thanks Will
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:33 PM
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8. But sometimes we just can't keep track of all the lies.
I wonder if Ken Starr is going to be looking into this? 7 years and 70 million $s
might cover the costs.

BTW ..... i think the Iraqi WMD people were going to bake Angel Food Cakes of
death in the trailers w/ the "Yellow Cake from Africa."

keep writing Mr. Pitt.

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Terre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 01:05 PM
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15. Will - The link in your story needs adjustment
I just visited the CIA/DIA link in your article (very good BTW) and it's not working. You might want to fix it if you can.

I traced that report to this link at the CIA, where you can also download PDF's:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/iraqi_mobile_plants/index.html
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:28 PM
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6. They were being prepped to be sent to NOLA
;)

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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:38 PM
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9. Please someone read the whole thing........
Edited on Tue Apr-11-06 10:42 PM by kpete
Another Scam

On May 29, 2003, 50 days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush proclaimed a fresh victory for his administration in Iraq: Two small trailers captured by U.S. troops had turned out to be long-sought mobile "biological laboratories." He declared, "We have found the weapons of mass destruction." The claim, repeated by top administration officials for months afterward, was hailed at the time as a vindication of the decision to go to war. But even as Bush spoke, U.S. intelligence officials possessed powerful evidence that it was not true....read on"

Unbelievable! Is there nothing they won't fabricate?
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/04/11.html#a7887

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/11/AR2006041101888_pf.html

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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:44 PM
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11. I know - more, very specific, disinformation put out by the WH after
Edited on Tue Apr-11-06 10:46 PM by Pirate Smile
they have learned what they are saying isn't true.

This looks big to me too. More proven lies, lies ,lies.


edit to add - I posted in the LBN thread first - "Kick - needs one more GP vote. Another blatant lie exposed. The lying sack of crap song from Stephanie Miller is running through my head. "








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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:43 PM
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10. LA Times began calling them Winnebago's Of Death
I guess Biolab Trailers didn't sound scary enough?

Don
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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 10:47 PM
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12. This story will be at the top of Page One in WaPo on Wednesday
BREAKING: Bush's trailer trash lies led us to war!!!
by EZ writer
Tue Apr 11, 2006 at 07:58:44 PM PDT

This story will be at the top of Page One in WaPo on Wednesday.
It is no longer a question of a smoking gun on manufactured intelligence regarding WMD
It is a mushroom cloud of lies!

Do you believe this shit???
So much for the Winnebagos of Death. More from WaPo:

Intelligence officials and the White House have repeatedly denied allegations that intelligence was hyped or manipulated in the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. But officials familiar with the technical team's reports are questioning anew whether intelligence agencies played down or dismissed postwar evidence that contradicted the administration's public views about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Last year, a presidential commission on intelligence failures criticized U.S. spy agencies for discounting evidence that contradicted the official line about banned weapons in Iraq, both before and after the invasion.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/11/225844/682
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 08:38 AM
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13. "biggest sand toilets in the world"
I love that line. So symbolic of this administration.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 08:42 AM
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14. These are the same people investigating a new Dubai deal. LIARS!
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