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I seem to be noticing a dead silence on these boards concerning this news, and any time something about this topic is posted, it gets locked.

Anyways, if this pans out, the effects of it could be pretty huge. If Russia helped Iraq get rid of it's WMDs, or weapons similiar to them....well then it would seem the whole WMD reasons for invading Iraq weren't as bad as most people here would like to believe.

I guess We'll see though.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041028-122637-6257r.htm

http://www.drudgereport.com/

Russian special forces troops moved many of Saddam Hussein's weapons and related goods out of Iraq and into Syria in the weeks before the March 2003 U.S. military operation, The Washington Times has learned.

Most of Saddam's most powerful arms were systematically separated from other arms like mortars, bombs and rockets, and sent to Syria and Lebanon, and possibly to Iran, he said.

A second defense official said documents on the Russian support to Iraq reveal that Saddam's government paid the Kremlin for the special forces to provide security for Iraq's Russian arms and to conduct counterintelligence activities designed to prevent U.S. and Western intelligence services from learning about the arms pipeline through Syria.

The Russian units were dispatched beginning in January 2003 and by March had destroyed hundreds of pages of documents on Russian arms supplies to Iraq while dispersing arms to Syria, the second official said.

And the most interesting bit of all:

Defense officials said the Russians can provide information on what happened to the Iraqi weapons and explosives that were transported out of the country. Officials believe the Russians also can explain what happened to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs.

Time for the resident Spin Doctors to get moving!

 

[fennec fox]

I seem to be noticing a dead silence on these boards concerning this news

Well how hard did you look, Mr. Eagle Eyes?

The three-page thread had been bumped down to page two! Censorship!

 

[Zaptruder]

So... the russians did with their special forces what americans wanted to do with their multi billion dollar army? And they left the region stable? And they didn't bother to tell the americans?

 

[Link648099]

So... the russians did with their special forces what americans wanted to do with their multi billion dollar army? And they left the region stable? And they didn't bother to tell the americans?

Saddam + Russia = happily in love with each other

Saddam + USA = Sworn enemies



Sorry, doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure this one out.

 

[Hitokage]

So, with official investigations all saying that Iraq had shit, it's now the Washington Times who will save the day for all those faithful Bush supporters who just KNEW Iraq had WMDs all along?

 

[gofreak]

The questionable bit is where they moved them too (if this is all true of course). But I guess they figured it was OK since America wasn't so caught up with what Iran/Syria etc. were doing at the time. They seemed dead-focussed on Iraq, right? It might seem to some people that Russia was simply handling the whole issue more deftly and more discreetly than America

Or, it may seem to some that Russia was trying to show America up and to guarantee an embarassing outcome. I would find it surprising, however, if movement and operations of such a scale could be carried out without America knowing anything about it - you can be sure American intelligence and military eyes etc. were firmly honed on Iraq for months leading up to the war. Why didn't they see this?

 

[Zaptruder]

Saddam + Russia = happily in love with each other

Saddam + USA = Sworn enemies



Sorry, doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure this one out.

Damn. You guys want to start another cold war?