Here's another meme on the issue: >U.S. Unloading WMD in Iraq > >TEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) - Over the past few days, in the wake of the >bombings in Karbala and the ideological disputes that delayed the signing >of Iraq's interim constitution, there have been reports that U.S. forces >have unloaded a large cargo of parts for constructing long-range missiles >and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the southern ports of Iraq. > >A reliable source from the Iraqi Governing Council, speaking on condition >of anonymity, told the Mehr News Agency that U.S. forces, with the help >of British forces stationed in southern Iraq, had made extensive efforts >to conceal their actions. > >He added that the cargo was unloaded during the night as attention was >still focused on the aftermath of the deadly bombings in Karbala and the >signing of Iraq's interim constitution. > >The source said that in order to avoid suspicion, ordinary cargo ships >were used to download the cargo, which consisted of weapons produced in >the 1980s and 1990s. > >He mentioned the fact that the United States had facilitated Iraq's WMD >program during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq and said that some of the weapons >being downloaded are similar to those weapons, although international >inspectors had announced Saddam Hussein's Baath regime had destroyed all >its WMD. > >The source went on to say that the rest of the weapons were probably >transferred in vans to an unknown location somewhere in the vicinity of >Basra overnight. > >"Most of these weapons are of Eastern European origin and some parts are >from the former Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc. The U.S. obtained them >through confiscations during sales of banned arms over the past two >decades," he said. > >This action comes as certain U.S. and Western officials have been >pointing out the fact that no weapons of mass destruction have been >discovered in Iraq and the issue of Saddam's trial begins to take center >stage. > >In addition, former chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has emphasized >that the U.S. and British intelligence agencies issued false reports on >Iraq leading to the U.S. attack. >Meanwhile, the suspicious death of weapons inspector David Kelly is also >an unresolved issue in Britain. > >------Occupation Forces Official Claims to Have No Information About >Transfer of WMD to Iraq ------- > >A security official for the coalition forces in Iraq said that he has not >received any information about the unloading of weapons of mass >destruction in ports in southern Iraq. >Shane Wolf told the Mehr News Agency that the occupation forces have >received no reports on such events, but said he hoped that the coalition >forces would find the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction one day. > >Coalition forces and inspectors have so far been unable to find any Iraqi >weapons of mass destruction. The U.S. invaded Iraq under the pretext that >Iraq possessed a stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. >~~~~~~~~~~ >And, the url to Ira's story: >http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0318-04.htm > >Ira Chernus is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of >Colorado at Boulder. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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