Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in Lebanon?



Israeli intelligence has identified what are believed to be Iraqi weapons of mass destruction goods in Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon, U.S. officials said.

The Israelis used a spy satellite to photograph several tractor-trailer loads of suspected weapons into the Bekaa Valley, where the Islamist terrorist group is based.

Shipments there began in early January and ended the first week of March.

According to Israeli intelligence, Saddam paid Syrian leader Bashar Assad $35 million to hide the weapons.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah, which enjoys backing from both Syria and Iran, now has an estimated 12,000 Katyusha rockets to use against northern Israel. The terrorist group also has anti-aircraft guns and sophisticated communications systems.



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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror

KEYWORDS: BILLGERTZ; HEZBOLLAH; IRAQ; LEBANON; SYRIA; WEAPONS; WMD

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I don't know whether people will consider this reliable news -- apparently Gertz brought some of the data together.

This is what appeared at Geostrategy.com:

Israel tracks Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in Lebanon

Israeli intelligence has identified what are believed to be Iraqi weapons of mass destruction goods in Hizbullah-controlled Lebanon, U.S. officials said. The Israelis used a spy satellite to photograph several tractor-trailer loads of suspected weapons into the Bekaa Valley, where the Islamist terrorist group is based. Shipments there began in early January and ended the first week of March.

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And of course, Debka readers knew this over three months ago.

http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=482

May 4, 2003

Syria is reported by DEBKA-Net-Weekly’s intelligence sources as having secretly disposed of Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction by moving them into eastern Lebanon for burial in the Beqaa Valley. Iraq’s biological weapons may be there too. They were interred deep under the heroin poppy and cotton fields in two of the most fertile regions of Lebanon: the valley stretching between Jabal Akroum, the town of al Qbayyat and the Syrian border, and the land lying between the towns of Al Hirmil and al Labwah between the Orontes River and the Syrian frontier.

On February 14, about a month before the start of the war in Iraq, DEBKA-Net-Weekly Issue 97 ran an article captioned “Is Iraq’s WMD cache in Lebanon available to Al Qaeda?”

Now, our intelligence sources can disclose exclusively that the relocation of Iraq’s WMD systems took place between January 10 and March 10 and was completed just 10 days before the US-led offensive was launched against Iraq. The banned arsenal, hauled in giant tankers from Iraq to Syria and from there to the Bekaa Valley under Syrian special forces and military intelligence escort, was discharged into pits 6-8 meters across and 25-35 meters deep dug by Syrian army engineers. They were sealed and planted over with new seedlings. Nonetheless, their location is known and detectable with the right instruments. Our sources have learned that Syria was paid about $35 million to make Saddam Hussein’s forbidden weapons disappear.

In your faces, trolls.

We should leave them there! They're not there anyway! We know Saddam didn't have them! How could he have moved them when he didn't have them? Stay out of Lebanon! It's none of our business! NO BLOOD FOR WMD! BUSH LIED! PUPPIES DIED! THE ONLY WMD IS AMERICA! WE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS WHEN THEY KILL THEIR OFFICERS!

Pretty good Lefty imitation, huh?

"I BELIEVE that Saddam had WMD's!!!! I BELIEVE that he hid them and we are just too stupid to find them! I BELIEVE this to be true because Bush told us so! I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE, DAMN IT!!!!!!"

Pretty good imitation of a typical conservative, huh?

You left out the part about the UN, Congress, and President Clinton all saying Saddam had WMD.

Were they all lying, too? Are you the only person who knows the Truth(tm)?

Interesting, that.

President Bush just told me to go jump off a bridge. Since he is my master, I must do as he says. Farewell, cruel world!!!!

Were Clinton, Congress, and the UN lying when they all said Saddam had WMD?

If you want to have conversations with yourself, please do so on another website.

I like it here.

It's sort of like visiting the zoo; you get to see all sorts of interesting creatures.

Yeah, like psychos who have conversations with themselves.

Zoo keeper, IP dude, tpfkamw is a buffoon, Warren V. Palin, and a host of others:

Brought to you by one 14 year old kid in his mom's basement, wetting his pants at his own posts.

Childish.

There are a host of psychotropic medications to treat your extreme level of paranoia.

Did you keep the receipt from your medical school? Maybe you can get your money back.

Or, by Mental Health Professional,do you mean you're a parking lot attendant at a mental institution?

FYI, I am a practicing psychiatrist. I've been watching you post numerous times claiming that there's a "fake guy" who is after you. Your behavior does indeed indicate extreme paranoia. It is imperative that you seek professional help.

Keep practicing. You're not getting it right.

Coming from you, I take that as a compliment. There's a rubber room waiting for you.

I have a degree and everything!

You'd better believe me, or I'll diagnose you with something bad! And it'll be true, because I am a Mental Health Professional!

...I think he has WMD Syndrome....

I authored the last "Mental Health Professional" comment. I am beyond lame.

I did.

In my simple little world, I believe that the name under which a post is published is actually the person who posted it.

If you disagree, you are obviously mentally ill, and should seek help.

And since I am a Mental Health Professional, a practicing psychiatrist, my opinion is the only one that counts.

I authored the last "Mental Health Professional" comment. I am beyond lame.