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Originally posted by Lanny_MacDonald@Oct 25 2004, 12:08 PM
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Originally posted by calculoso@Oct 25 2004, 05:59 PM
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@Oct 25 2004, 11:55 AM
Something interesting is that HMX is also used in rocket fuels, so this large stash could have been for use with those nasty aluminum cylinders, that were thought to be for fuel rods, in the manufacture of rocket powered missles and delivery systems.
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Is this a hint of an admission that Saddam's ability to create WMD was greater than thought a couple months ago?
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No. There's a big difference between developing a rocket and delivery program and starting up a WMD program. I think Saddam was likely hoping to build his own weapons and these were components to a rocket program.
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So, would it be fair to say, that *IF* the sanctions had been lifted on Iraq, that Saddam would of used these weapons, technologies to start up weapons programs? [/b][/quote]
I think the Duelfer Report, which concluded there were zero WMD in Iraq, also concluded that sanctions were only a few years away from failing and that once removed, the impetus was there to regenerate WMD programs.
The good and the bad for both sides of the argument.
Cowperson