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New Reports on U.S. Planting WMDs in Iraq
Mehr News
Agency
April 13, 2004
BASRA -– Fifty days after the first reports that the U.S. forces
were unloading weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in southern Iraq, new reports about the
movement of these weapons have been disclosed.
Sources in Iraq speculate that
occupation forces are using the recent unrest in Iraq to divert attention from their surreptitious
shipments of WMD into the country.
An Iraqi source close to the Basra Governor’s
Office told the MNA that new information shows that a large part of the WMD, which was
secretly brought to southern and western Iraq over the past month, are in containers falsely
labeled as containers of the Maeresk shipping company and some consignments bearing the
labels of organizations such as the Red Cross or the USAID in order to disguise them as relief
shipments.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that Iraqi officials
including forces loyal to the Iraqi Governing Council stationed in southern Iraq have been
forbidden from inspecting or supervising the transportation of these consignments. He went on
to say that the occupation forces have ordered Iraqi officials to forward any questions on the
issue to the coalition forces. Even the officials of the international relief organizations have
informed the Iraqi officials that they would only accept responsibility for relief shipments which
have been registered and managed by their organizations.
The Iraqi source also
confirmed the report about suspicious trucks with fake Saudi and Jordanian license plates
entering Iraq at night last week, stressing that the Saudi and Jordanian border guards did not
attempt to inspect the trucks but simply delivered them to the U.S. and British forces stationed
on Iraq’s borders.
However, the source expressed ignorance whether the
governments of Saudi Arabia and Jordan were aware of such movements.
A professor
of physics at Baghdad University also told the MNA correspondent that a group of his
colleagues who are highly specialized in military, chemical and biological fields have been
either bribed or threatened during the last weeks to provide written information on what they
know about various programs and research centers and the possible storage of WMD
equipment.
The professor also said these people have been openly asked to confirm
or deny the existence of research or related WMD equipment. A large number of these
scientists, who are believed to be under the surveillance of U.S. intelligence operatives, have
claimed that if they refuse to comply with this request, they may be killed or arrested on
charges of concealing the truth if these weapons are found by the Bush administration in the
future.
He said that the Iraqi scientists believe their lives would be in danger if they
decline to cooperate with the occupation forces, especially when they recall that senior U.S.
officer Michael Peterson once said, “Iraqi scientists are at any case a threat to the U.S.
administration, whether they talk or not.”
A source close to the Iraqi Governing Council
said, “In the meantime, many suspect containers disguised as fuel supplies have been moved
about by some units of the U.S. special forces. The move has been carried out under heavy
security measures. Also, there are unofficial reports that the containers held biological and
bacteriological toxins in liquid form. It is possible that the news about the discovery of the
WMDs would be announced later.”
He also said that such mixtures had been used by
the Saddam regime in the 1990s.
The source added that some provocative actions
such as the closure of Al-Hawza periodical by U.S. administrator Paul Bremer, the secret
meetings between his envoys with some extremist groups who have no relations with the Iraqi
Governing Council, the sudden upsurge in violence in central and southern Iraq, a number of
activities which have stoked up the wrath of the prominent Shia clerics, and finally, the spate
of kidnappings and the baseless charges against the Iranian charge d’affaires in Baghdad are
providing the necessary smokescreen for the transportation of the WMD to their intended
locations.
He said they are quite aware that the White House in cooperation with the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has directly tasked the Defense Department to hide these
weapons. Given the recent scandals to the effect that the U.S. president was privy to the 9/11
plot, they might try to immediately announce the discovery of weapons of mass destruction in
Iraq in order to overshadow the scandals and prevent a further decline of Bush’s public
opinion rating as the election approaches.
© Copyright 2004 Mehr News
Agency
http://www.mehrnews.com/wfNewsDetails_en.aspx?NewsID=70071&t=Politic
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Mehr News
Agency
April 13, 2004
BASRA -– Fifty days after the first reports that the U.S. forces
were unloading weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in southern Iraq, new reports about the
movement of these weapons have been disclosed.
Sources in Iraq speculate that
occupation forces are using the recent unrest in Iraq to divert attention from their surreptitious
shipments of WMD into the country.
An Iraqi source close to the Basra Governor’s
Office told the MNA that new information shows that a large part of the WMD, which was
secretly brought to southern and western Iraq over the past month, are in containers falsely
labeled as containers of the Maeresk shipping company and some consignments bearing the
labels of organizations such as the Red Cross or the USAID in order to disguise them as relief
shipments.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that Iraqi officials
including forces loyal to the Iraqi Governing Council stationed in southern Iraq have been
forbidden from inspecting or supervising the transportation of these consignments. He went on
to say that the occupation forces have ordered Iraqi officials to forward any questions on the
issue to the coalition forces. Even the officials of the international relief organizations have
informed the Iraqi officials that they would only accept responsibility for relief shipments which
have been registered and managed by their organizations.
The Iraqi source also
confirmed the report about suspicious trucks with fake Saudi and Jordanian license plates
entering Iraq at night last week, stressing that the Saudi and Jordanian border guards did not
attempt to inspect the trucks but simply delivered them to the U.S. and British forces stationed
on Iraq’s borders.
However, the source expressed ignorance whether the
governments of Saudi Arabia and Jordan were aware of such movements.
A professor
of physics at Baghdad University also told the MNA correspondent that a group of his
colleagues who are highly specialized in military, chemical and biological fields have been
either bribed or threatened during the last weeks to provide written information on what they
know about various programs and research centers and the possible storage of WMD
equipment.
The professor also said these people have been openly asked to confirm
or deny the existence of research or related WMD equipment. A large number of these
scientists, who are believed to be under the surveillance of U.S. intelligence operatives, have
claimed that if they refuse to comply with this request, they may be killed or arrested on
charges of concealing the truth if these weapons are found by the Bush administration in the
future.
He said that the Iraqi scientists believe their lives would be in danger if they
decline to cooperate with the occupation forces, especially when they recall that senior U.S.
officer Michael Peterson once said, “Iraqi scientists are at any case a threat to the U.S.
administration, whether they talk or not.”
A source close to the Iraqi Governing Council
said, “In the meantime, many suspect containers disguised as fuel supplies have been moved
about by some units of the U.S. special forces. The move has been carried out under heavy
security measures. Also, there are unofficial reports that the containers held biological and
bacteriological toxins in liquid form. It is possible that the news about the discovery of the
WMDs would be announced later.”
He also said that such mixtures had been used by
the Saddam regime in the 1990s.
The source added that some provocative actions
such as the closure of Al-Hawza periodical by U.S. administrator Paul Bremer, the secret
meetings between his envoys with some extremist groups who have no relations with the Iraqi
Governing Council, the sudden upsurge in violence in central and southern Iraq, a number of
activities which have stoked up the wrath of the prominent Shia clerics, and finally, the spate
of kidnappings and the baseless charges against the Iranian charge d’affaires in Baghdad are
providing the necessary smokescreen for the transportation of the WMD to their intended
locations.
He said they are quite aware that the White House in cooperation with the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has directly tasked the Defense Department to hide these
weapons. Given the recent scandals to the effect that the U.S. president was privy to the 9/11
plot, they might try to immediately announce the discovery of weapons of mass destruction in
Iraq in order to overshadow the scandals and prevent a further decline of Bush’s public
opinion rating as the election approaches.
© Copyright 2004 Mehr News
Agency
http://www.mehrnews.com/wfNewsDetails_en.aspx?NewsID=70071&t=Politic
al