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WMD: 'You have got to be kidding Posted: Saturday, October 4, 2003 Blix warns inspectors on dangers of spin Hans Blix warned the US-led experts hunting for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq yesterday to beware the dangers of "spin" when presenting their findings to their political masters anxious to justify the invasion of Iraq. The US is determined to suppress the independent Arab media We report, you get it wrong Wave the Flag To Deceive "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." These immortal words of Samuel Johnson leapt to mind when I read Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz’s "Support Our Troops" on the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal (September 2). Dubious intelligence For the Bush administration, which has wrapped itself in faux patriotism, accusations that it revealed the identity of a serving CIA agent are a huge political embarrassment and another blow to its sinking credibility. Iraqis dubious about U.S. contracts Last month the Iraqi Governing Council questioned why the American occupation authority had issued a $20 million contract to buy new revolvers and Kalashnikov rifles for the Iraqi police when the U.S. military was confiscating tens of thousands of weapons every month from Saddam Hussein's abandoned arsenals. British troops accused of torturing Iraqi Theories Abound for Failure to Find WMD Transfer power or risk more guerilla attacks: Annan US troops scuffle with ex-Iraqi soldiers; casualties reported U.S. Soldier Killed in Attack in Baghdad Seven die in blast near US coalition base in Afghanistan Afghan bases come under attack Malaysia PM says disbelieves U.S. claims on Iraqi WMD WMD: 'You have got to be kidding To the surprise of few, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency-led survey group hunting for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has admitted in his latest report released on Thursday that none have yet been unearthed.   Printer friendly version  Send page by E-Mail |