Friday, February 08, 2008

Bush Lied and People Died


Bush Lied and People Died
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Do you ever wonder why we haven't been hearing anything recently about Bush lying to start the war? It’s because it is highly unlikely.

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By de Andréa

Some critics of the Bush administration have claimed that the inability of U.S. forces to uncover weapons of mass destruction is proof that the president misled the nation into the war with Iraq.

Hang on to your seats
In recent weeks the critics have fallen silent as word quietly leaked from Iraq that major discoveries have already been made and are now being documented. Bush administration officials are trying to keep any such discoveries secret for the moment.

U.N. inspection teams found some of these weapons in the early 1990s after detailed information of the exact locations were obtained.

Top U.S. weapons inspector Dr. David Kay is known to favor human intelligence as the primary means to find Iraq’s hidden treasure trove of weapons and secrets.
While there are rumors of Iraqi chemical and biological weapons being shipped out of the country because of SAT photos of massive truck convoys moving to nearby Syria before the war began, some of the weapons may very well still remain inside Iraq buried under the vast desert wastelands.

What we know they found
This Iraqi jet, an advanced Russian MiG-25 Foxbat, was found buried in the sand after an informant tipped off U.S. troops.
The MiG was dug out of a massive sand dune near the Al Taqqadum airfield by U.S. Air Force recovery teams. The MiG was one of over two dozen Iraqi jets buried in the sand, like hidden treasure, waiting to be recovered at a later date.
Contrary to what some in the major media have reported, not all the jets found were from the Gulf War era. The Russian-made MiG-25 Foxbat being recovered by U.S. Air Force troops in the photos is an advanced reconnaissance version never before seen by the West and is equipped with sophisticated electronic warfare devices.
U.S. Air Force recovery teams had to use large earth-moving equipment to uncover the MiG’s which are over 70 feet long and weigh nearly 25 tons.
The Foxbat is known to be one of Iraq's top jet fighters. The advanced electronic reconnaissance version found by the U.S. Air Force is currently in service with the Russian air force. The MiG is capable of flying at speeds of over 2,000 miles an hour, or MACH 3, and at altitudes of approximately 80,000 feet.
The recovery of the advanced MiG fighter is considered to be an intelligence coup by the U.S. Air Force. The Foxbat may also be equipped with advanced Russian- and French-made electronics that were sold to Iraq during the 1990s in violation of a U.N. ban on arms sales to Baghdad.
The buried aircraft at Al Taqqadum were covered in camouflage netting, sealed and, in many cases, had their wings removed before being buried more than 10 feet beneath the Iraqi desert.
The discovery of the buried Iraqi jet fighters illustrates the problems faced by U.S. inspection teams searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction. Iraq is larger in size than California and the massive deserts south and west of Baghdad were used by Saddam Hussein to hide weapons during the first Gulf war.

U.S. intelligence sources have already uncovered several mass grave burial sites in the open deserts with an estimated 10,000 dead bodies hidden there. In addition, Iraq previously hid SCUD missiles, chemical weapons and biological warheads by burying them under the desert sand.

THE BOTTOM LINE: The truth of history will show that however inaccurate our intelligence was, it was correct about several things. There was, and is WMD, tons of chemical and biological material was found almost immediately upon entering Baghdad at the beginning of the war. Megatons were quite possibly transported to Syria according to SAT photos of truck caravans before the war started. Moreover, tons more were found buried as well as weapons and war planes.

The misinformation was not a lie as much as it was neglect to report the truth as well as ignorance of the truth. For whatever reason the Bush administration chose to keep much of this a secret, it helped to fuel the fire of the “Bush Lied, and People Died” propaganda.

The likelihood of more chemical and biological materials as well as weapons still buried in the sands of Iraq is quite probable. One must understand that the square miles of Iraq is more than the area of the state of California, most of it is barren sand. Moreover, unless one possesses the GPS coordinates or discovers it by accident the remainder of weapons, will likely never be found.
de Andréa

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