Britain will help the Iraqi government dispose of what's left of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons, still stored in two bunkers in north of Baghdad, the British embassy in Baghdad announced Monday.The British Defense Ministry will start training Iraqi technical and medical workers this year, an embassy statement said. The teams will work to safely destroy remnants of munitions and chemical warfare agents left over from Saddam's regime. He was overthrown in 2003 following an American-led invasion.Saddam stored the chemical weapons near population centers so that he could access them quickly, despite the danger to his civilian population.Most of Iraq's chemical weapons were destroyed by military forces in 1991 during the first Gulf War or by U.N. inspectors after the fighting. The inspections halted just before the invasion.Iraq is a party to the U.N. Chemical Weapons Convention and must get rid of the remaining material, according to terms of the pact.The head of the Iraqi National Authority, Mohammed Al Sharaa, said the remnants "represent a great challenge to the Iraqi experts to safely dispose." He called the agreement with British authorities "a good opportunity for Iraqi experts to benefit from the well-known expertise of U.K. experts."British Ambassador to Iraq Simon Collis said Britain is glad to assist in what he called "this difficult and dangerous task."http://news.yahoo.com/uk-experts-help-iraq-destroy-chemical-residues-144204378.html
The British Defense Ministry will start training Iraqi technical and medical workers this year, an embassy statement said. The teams will work to safely destroy remnants of munitions and chemical warfare agents left over from Saddam's regime. He was overthrown in 2003 following an American-led invasion.
Saddam stored the chemical weapons near population centers so that he could access them quickly, despite the danger to his civilian population.
Most of Iraq's chemical weapons were destroyed by military forces in 1991 during the first Gulf War or by U.N. inspectors after the fighting. The inspections halted just before the invasion.
Iraq is a party to the U.N. Chemical Weapons Convention and must get rid of the remaining material, according to terms of the pact.
The head of the Iraqi National Authority, Mohammed Al Sharaa, said the remnants "represent a great challenge to the Iraqi experts to safely dispose." He called the agreement with British authorities "a good opportunity for Iraqi experts to benefit from the well-known expertise of U.K. experts."
British Ambassador to Iraq Simon Collis said Britain is glad to assist in what he called "this difficult and dangerous task."
http://news.yahoo.com/uk-experts-help-iraq-destroy-chemical-residues-144204378.html
The media told us they never had any and W lied!
Best start applying the ChapStik!
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
that's what I heard... 😟
Victor's around here somewhere tho.... 😟
Too bad Fuzz isn't here. I'm sure he'd post links to 20 articles that would "prove" that this story was manufactured by the Tea Party.
dpnewell wrote:
I know...and it would be great fun shredding it all to pieces....but let's just enjoy this lil' quiet moment without Cindy Brady.
Ah....
Just let all soak in....
It's like a sunset on a perfect Summer day where everything went right...you just don't want it to end...
ISTILLCAN'TBELIEVEIT!!!!
I
STILL
CAN'T
BELIEVE
IT!!!!
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ya.... poor Fuzz.... 😞
DrafterX wrote:
He's like masturbating. Sure you can get to the finish line but isn't better with someone else?
Duuude...it's just residue.
daveincincy wrote:
The Brits are prolly just teaching a couple of Hajis to push some brooms.
I posted regaurding this years ago. A close family member of mine personally saw barrels of chems.
Not what imagery was sold to warrant the global police.......but a fact none the less.
Probably the same jackalopes who didnt talk about what's still there.......doesn't really matter now though does it.
Dave....I beg to differ.
ZRX1200 wrote:
My ex son in law told me the same thing after his tour. But what the heck, they're only soldiers who saw it first hand. Have to be lying, right?
not sure what everyone is celebrating? We always knew he had chemical weapons. He used them often on the kurds in the North. The claims of WMD's ie NUKES is what the big lie was. Centrifuges on the backs on mobile trucks etc was the claim. Had nothing to do with chemical weapons. Keep on dancing though if it makes you happy.
CelticBomber wrote:
+1
Where in the hell is Fox News on all this, seems like they would have a hot blond in Bagdad for something this good.
drywalldog wrote:
They're busy getting their reporters imbedded for the next war.
