Kuwait foils WMD smuggling?

GrantDawg · 10-02-2003, 06:20 AM

These things never turn out true, but...

Linky

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Kuwait foils smuggling of chemicals, bio warheads from Iraq
Associated Press
Kuwait City, October 2

Kuwaiti security authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle $60 million worth of chemical weapons and biological warheads from Iraq to an unnamed European country, a Kuwaiti newspaper said on Wednesday.
The pro-Government Al-Siyassah, quoting an unnamed security source, said the suspects had been watched by security since they arrived in Kuwait and were arrested "in due time." It did not say when or how the smugglers entered Kuwait or when they were arrested.

The paper said the smugglers might have had accomplices inside Kuwait. It said Interior Minister Sheik Nawwaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah would hand over the smuggled weapons to an FBI agent at a news conference, but did not say when.

Government officials could not be immediately reached for comment.

Iraqi Interior Minister Nouri Al-Badran met on Tuesday with Sheik Nawwaf and discussed cooperation between the two countries in security matters. His visit is the first by an Iraqi interior minister to Kuwait since 1990.

GrantDawg · 10-02-2003, 06:22 AM

Dollar to donuts that the chemicals and warheads will be fakes. This was probably a scam that got busted.

Nyarlahotep · 10-02-2003, 09:48 AM

mmmmmmm, donuts.

CamEdwards · 10-02-2003, 10:14 AM

no other news organization has picked this up, which means it's probably not true. If it were true the media would have picked this up, inflated the threat to America, blamed the president for not finding the WMD, or buried the story on page 16-B.

Swaggs · 10-02-2003, 12:19 PM

Aren't you the media, Cam?

CamEdwards · 10-02-2003, 11:16 PM

no, I'm a member of the vast right wing conspiracy, remember?

Killebrew · 10-02-2003, 11:42 PM

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Originally posted by CamEdwards
.... vast right wing conspiracy ...

America: Land of the paranoid. Are more and more people shifting from center or does it just seem like it because the center folks have more important things to do than bother replying to these types of threads

? I think the blowhards on each side - far right and far left - should all join forces to set a record for the world biggest circle jerk. I bet CNN would give it plenty of prime air time and everything.

About the article, maybe it's bogus but those weapons inspectors (or whatever the US Army version of them is called) should probably look into this.

10-02-2003, 06:22 AM	#2
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Dollar to donuts that the chemicals and warheads will be fakes. This was probably a scam that got busted. Last edited by GrantDawg : 10-02-2003 at 06:22 AM.

10-02-2003, 10:14 AM	#4
CamEdwards Stadium Announcer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burke, VA	no other news organization has picked this up, which means it's probably not true. If it were true the media would have picked this up, inflated the threat to America, blamed the president for not finding the WMD, or buried the story on page 16-B. __________________ I don't want the world. I just want your half.

10-02-2003, 12:19 PM	#5
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Aren't you the media, Cam? __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

10-02-2003, 11:16 PM	#6
CamEdwards Stadium Announcer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burke, VA	no, I'm a member of the vast right wing conspiracy, remember? __________________ I don't want the world. I just want your half.

10-02-2003, 09:48 AM	#3
Nyarlahotep College Benchwarmer Join Date: Mar 2003	mmmmmmm, donuts.

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