{"article":{"id":105050,"heading":"US Unloads WMB in  Iraq","author":"anonymous","created":"2004-03-15 15:16:37","modified":"2013-11-11 00:29:04","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:29:04","article":"<p>of parts for constructingU.S. UNLOADING WMD IN IRAQ\r\nTeheran Times\r\nSaturday, March 13, 2004\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/358k6\r\n\r\nTEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) &ndash; Over the\r\npast few days, in the wake of the\r\nbombings in Karbala and the\r\nideological disputes that delayed\r\nthe signing of Iraq's interim\r\nconstitution, there have been\r\nreports that U.S. forces have\r\nunloaded a large cargo of parts\r\nfor constructing long-range missiles\r\nand weapons of mass destruction\r\n(WMD) in the southern ports of\r\nIraq.\r\n\r\nA reliable source from the Iraqi\r\nGoverning Council, speaking on\r\ncondition of anonymity, told the\r\nMehr News Agency that U.S. forces,\r\nwith the help of British forces\r\nstationed in southern Iraq, had made\r\nextensive efforts to conceal their\r\nactions.\r\n\r\nHe added that the cargo was unloaded\r\nduring the night as attention was\r\nstill focused on the aftermath of the\r\ndeadly bombings in Karbala and the\r\nsigning of Iraq's interim constitution.\r\n\r\nThe source said that in order to avoid\r\nsuspicion, ordinary cargo ships were\r\nused to download the cargo, which\r\nconsisted of weapons produced in the\r\n1980s and 1990s.\r\n\r\nHe mentioned the fact that the United\r\nStates had facilitated Iraq's WMD\r\nprogram during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq\r\nand said that some of the weapons\r\nbeing downloaded are similar to those\r\nweapons, although international\r\ninspectors had announced Saddam\r\nHussein's Baath regime had destroyed\r\nall its WMD.\r\n\r\nThe source went on to say that the rest\r\nof the weapons were probably\r\ntransferred in vans to an unknown\r\nlocation somewhere in the vicinity\r\nof Basra overnight.\r\n\r\n\"Most of these weapons are of Eastern\r\nEuropean origin and some parts are from\r\nthe former Soviet Union and the Eastern\r\nBloc. The U.S. obtained them through\r\nconfiscations during sales of banned\r\narms over the past two decades,\" he\r\nsaid.\r\n\r\nThis action comes as certain U.S. and\r\nWestern officials have been pointing out\r\nthe fact that no weapons of mass\r\ndestruction have been discovered in Iraq\r\nand the issue of Saddam's trial begins\r\nto take center stage.\r\n\r\nIn addition, former chief UN weapons\r\ninspector Hans Blix has emphasized that\r\nthe U.S. and British intelligence\r\nagencies issued false reports on Iraq\r\nleading to the U.S. attack.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, the suspicious death of\r\nweapons inspector David Kelly is also\r\nan unresolved issue in Britain.\r\n\r\n------Occupation Forces Official\r\nClaims to Have No Information About\r\nTransfer of WMD to Iraq -------\r\n\r\nA security official for the coalition\r\nforces in Iraq said that he has not\r\nreceived any information about the\r\nunloading of weapons of mass\r\ndestruction in ports in southern Iraq.\r\n\r\nShane Wolf told the Mehr News Agency\r\nthat the occupation forces have\r\nreceived no reports on such events,\r\nbut said he hoped that the coalition\r\nforces would find the Iraqi weapons\r\nof mass destruction one day.\r\n\r\nCoalition forces and inspectors have\r\nso far been unable to find any Iraqi\r\nweapons of mass destruction. The U.S.\r\ninvaded Iraq under the pretext that\r\nIraq possessed a stockpile of weapons\r\nof mass destruction.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/358k6","address":"teharan","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"The Teharan Times reported sat. Mar. 13 that the US forces in southern Iraq have been unloading a large cargo  of parts for constructing long range missiles and weapons of mass destruction in the southern ports of Iraq.","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/03\/105050.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":105051,"heading":"The Tehran Times Reports???","article":"You're quoting the Teheran Times a a legitimate news source???\r\n\r\nPlease give us a break. \r\n\r\nThe Teheran Times has about as much credibility  as Pacifica Radio. Expressed in mathematical terms that would be 0.000000000","author":"Funny","parent_id":105050,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-15 16:22:37","modified":"2004-03-15 16:22:37","fileurl":""},{"id":105052,"heading":"Re: The Tehran Times Reports???","article":"Probably more accurate than our lapdog corporate media in the US.","author":"Bush Admonisher","parent_id":105050,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-15 18:44:24","modified":"2004-03-15 18:44:24","fileurl":""}]}