Comments on: Extensive Camouflage Dupes Experts

By: Wembley

Wembley — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:05:09 +0000

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2005/apr/08/uk.iraq
Richard Norton-Taylor The Guardian, Friday April 8 2005
“We got it wrong on Iraq WMD, intelligence chiefs finally admit
Intelligence chiefs have admitted for the first time that claims they made about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction were wrong and have not been substantiated.
The admission is revealed in the annual report of the parliamentary intelligence and security committee which also sharply criticises the lack of communication between ministers and the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6. ”

By: Wembley

Wembley — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:03:13 +0000

“They HAVE found WMD evidence in Iraq“
What — mobile biological warfare labs, an active nuclear program, yellowcake from Niger, long-range rockets?
Or just remains of chemical weapons built long before?
The WMD issue was Causus Belli for the UK, so it has received a lot more attention in the media. When no evidence was found the government admitted they got it wrong. — see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3054991.stm

By: Wild Bill

Wild Bill — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:30:06 +0000

If the reactor was camouflaged then maybe the extent of the damaged was camouflaged. Also, maybe it took so long release all the info and the inside photos because it took that long to extract the guy, and his extended family, who took those photos.

By: pantera

pantera — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:56:50 +0000

I don't think Syria has a "right" to attack Israel. I would say they have a justification. A "Right" implies that it is protected by law and can be enforced by law. Obviusly, the UN cannot enforce Syria's "right" to attack Israel. I don't think you ever have a "right" to retaliate agaionst someone. You simply have varying levels of justification.

By: Wembley

Wembley — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:28:30 +0000

” to conceal its undeclared construction of a plutonium-producing nuclear reactor “
– Er, who says that’s what it was? Let’s not go swallowing the official version again without any questions. Remember those WMD that were absolutely, positively in Iraq according to this type of intelligence?
It now turns out the pictures released of the Syrian site were not exactly untouched — maybe we should be looking at that rather than the misdirection intended here. The key line is ‘briefed by Bush Administration officials…’

By: Trey

Trey — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:44:35 +0000

The age old problem of overhead intel versus eyes on the ground. This sort of surprise is what can come when we over emphasize a particular intelligence collection method over everything else

By: Camp

Camp — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:51:49 +0000

Well, one question still remains… was this the only reactor being built? What if the destroyed reactor was merely the decoy, feint, or distraction in a sleight of hand? Sure it could have been productive if it had become operational. But maybe there’s a Syrian super duper double secret spy-satellite resistant underground special reactor that nobody, not even Syria, knows about?… Maybe.

By: murc

murc — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:01:36 +0000

Sam said: “Syria now has the right to retaliate against Israel.“
I doubt they will, cause they know the US has Israels back.

By: Joshik

Joshik — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:03:57 +0000

Now, now, Sam.
Are you still upset about the IAF beating the pants off the Syrian Air Force in 1982? Quoting from GlobalSecurity.org:
“During the Israel’s Operation Peace for Galilee in 1982 Israeli aircraft struck Syrian surface-to-air missiles, resulting in the destruction of nineteen sites and the damaging of four. Israeli aerial mastery was confirmed in the skies over the Biqa Valley. At the conclusion of the first week of the war, after the participation of approximately 100 combat planes on each side, a total of 86 Syrian MiG-21, MiG-23, and Sukhoi-22 aircraft had been shot down with no Israeli losses.“
EIGHTY. SIX. TO. ZERO.
Please… let Syria try… the IAF can use the workout.
(evil Zionist Bwahh-haa-haa!)

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:02:02 +0000

It is unfortunate that the Dimona nuclear reactor was not bombed years ago before it became active.
Syria now has the right to retaliate against Israel.