The release by Julian Assange's web site Wikileaks of classified documents reveals that U.S. military intelligence discovered chemical weapons labs, encountered insurgents who were specialists in the creation of toxins, and uncovered weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. However, Washington, DC officials and the news media have ignored this information.
One of the WikiLeaks document dumps reveals that as late as 2008, American troops continued to find WMD in the region.
There are numerous mentions of chemical and biological weapons in the WikiLeaks documents, however the U.S. media appear only interested in those portions of the leaked material that highlight actions that are viewed as embarrassing for the U.S. military such as the accusation that U.S. commanders were aware of abuse and "torture" of prisoners by Iraqi soldiers and police officers.
The U.S. Defense Department continues to demand that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange immediately return the stolen military documents in his possession, including recent documents that created another stir when published, according to Elaine Wilson of American Forces Press Service.
The department also wants the whistle-blowing web site to permanently delete all versions of these documents, which contain classified and sensitive information, from its web site, computers and records, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters during a Pentagon briefing.
WikiLeaks documents don't reveal evidence of a massive weapons program by Saddam Hussein — the Bush administration’s leading rationale for invading Iraq -- or some enormous stockpile of WMD, but do reveal that chemical weapons did vanish from the Iraqi battlefield.
According to the latest WikiLeaks document "dump," Saddam’s toxic arsenal, significantly reduced after the Gulf War, remained intact. Jihadists, insurgents and foreign (possibly Iranian) agitators turned to these stockpiles during the Iraq conflict and may have brewed up their own deadly agents, according to the WikiLeaks web site.
During that time, former Iraqi General Georges Sada, Saddam's top commander, detailed the transfers of Iraq's WMD. "There [were] weapons of mass destruction gone out from Iraq to Syria, and they must be found and returned to safe hands," Mr. Sada said. "I am confident they were taken over."
Gen. Sada's comments came just a month after Israel's top general during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Moshe Yaalon, claimed that Saddam Hussein "transferred the chemical agents from Iraq to Syria."
in 2004, for example, American special forces members secretly purchased what they believed to be containers of liquid sulfur mustard which have been used since World War I. Following testing in a military lab, the chemical was then secured and transferred to a secret location.
Meanwhile, also in Iraq, U.S. recon soldiers inspected a suspected “chemical weapons” plant:
“One of the bunkers has been tampered with,” they write. “The integrity of the seal [around the complex] appears intact, but it seems someone is interested in trying to get into the bunkers.”
During the a battle in Fallujah, American forces claim they discovered a “house with a chemical lab … substances found are similar to ones (in lesser quantities located a previous chemical lab.” The following day, there was a call in another part of the Fallujah requesting "explosives experts to dispose of a chemical[weapons] cache."
In addition, an armored vehicle came upon "155mm rounds filled with an unknown liquid, and several of which are leaking a black tar-like substance.” Initial tests were inconclusive. But later, “the rounds tested positive for mustard.”
Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a columnist for The Examiner (examiner.com) and New Media Alliance (thenma.org). In addition, he's a blogger for the Cheyenne, Wyoming Fox News Radio affiliate KGAB (www.kgab.com). Kouri also serves as political advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty.He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer and columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. Kouri appears regularly as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Fox News Channel, Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, etc.
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What happened to the findings of Dave Gaubutz the first Civilian agent in Iraq? He found, and reported many WMD, and it was denied by our govt that they were found. Lies, more lies by our govt.
could you link to the source in the wikileaks for this info?
Julial Assange is doing us a favor by "reporting" on
the "ilk" we have in our government.
We should be told the TRUTH and not lied to by
our elected Officials.
Military planning or secrets should not be divulged
by Wiki (which has not ocurred). Anything else is
okay by me. Secret deals and payoffs should be
exposed......
You're saying things like "The release by [...] Wikileaks of classified documents reveals that", "One of the WikiLeaks document [...] reveals that", "There are numerous mentions of chemical and biological weapons in the WikiLeaks documents" and so on and so forth. You don't give any links. FYI wikileaks is online, if you've done your homework it should be no hassle giving some links. You start claiming your source as wikileaks but gradually then shift towards "American forces claim". Just because someone called explosive specialists doesn't automatically imply that there were WMDs. Stop twisting the words and you'd better do the job you're claiming you're doing.
perhaps they dont want to give out the link, because they feel inside that its just as bad to share it, as it is to leak it... tool
Just goes to prove that Pelosi, Obama, Reid, etc. knew the truth and spread the lies to win elections. They need to be brought up on charges and removed from office. They are putting this country in harms way!
Just goes to prove that Pelosi, Obama, Reid, etc. knew the truth and spread the lies to win elections. They need to be brought up on charges and removed from office. They are putting this country in harms way!
Just goes to prove that Pelosi, Obama, Reid, etc. knew the truth and spread the lies to win elections. They need to be brought up on charges and removed from office. They are putting this country in harms way!
Just goes to prove that Pelosi, Obama, Reid, etc. knew the truth and spread the lies to win elections. They need to be brought up on charges and removed from office. They are putting this country in harms way!
Just goes to prove that Pelosi, Obama, Reid, etc. knew the truth and spread the lies to win elections. They need to be brought up on charges and removed from office. They are putting this country in harms way!
Just goes to prove that Pelosi, Obama, Reid, etc. knew the truth and spread the lies to win elections. They need to be brought up on charges and removed from office. They are putting this country in harms way!
Just goes to prove that Pelosi, Obama, Reid, etc. knew the truth and spread the lies to win elections. They need to be brought up on charges and removed from office. They are putting this country in harms way!
Just goes to prove that Pelosi, Obama, Reid, etc. knew the truth and spread the lies to win elections. They need to be brought up on charges and removed from office. They are putting this country in harms way!
Just goes to prove that Pelosi, Obama, Reid, etc. knew the truth and spread the lies to win elections. They need to be brought up on charges and removed from office. They are putting this country in harms way!
Reader, here are two links for you:
(Just add the http://)
www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/10/wikileaks-show-wmd-hunt-continued-in-ir...
It contains more links, some directly to wikileaks, like this one about the August 04 surreptitious purchase:
warlogs.wikileaks.org/id/7726706C-22D1-404B-B73C-5BB9F23BD1ED/
Can we see the source of all this ourselves? Without being told what it says?
Sure, Doug. Go to the Wikileaks web site. You'll see all you wish to see.
Source? "Go to Wiki Leaks" is a lame way to add a source. Is this journalism?
I have written a book about Saddam's WMDs and ties to al Qaida. Everything in this article is corroborated by my research. My book was primarily sourced from thousands of Pentagon released Iraqi documents. I definitely want to take a look at these docs to add more info to my book.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20020542-503543.html
WikiLeaks Iraq War Logs: No Evidence of Massive WMD Caches-Posted by Dan Farber
Based on the reports I'm finding, this article is NOT credible at all. I do, however, have some speculative reasons why J. Kouri would write such as this.
The reason there are no wiki-leaks links is because the USA is blocking the site from being displayed on US territories! Just try going there yourself!
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