No confirmation on this yet, but this would be an absolute WMD slam dunk.
Baghdad, Iraq, Jul. 21 (UPI) -- Iraqi security reportedly discovered three missiles carrying nuclear heads concealed in a concrete trench northwest of Baghdad, official sources said Wednesday.Since Iraq is not known to have had the capability to produce such weapons, it will be interesting to see which country they actually came from.The official daily al-Sabah quoted the sources as saying the missiles were discovered in trenches near the city of Tikrit, the hometown of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
"The three missiles were discovered by chance when the Iraqi security forces captured former Baath party official Khoder al-Douri who revealed during interrogation the location of the missiles saying they carried nuclear heads," the sources said.
They pointed out that the missiles were actually discovered in the trenches lying under six meters of concrete and designed in a way to unable sophisticated sensors from discovering nuclear radiation.
Via: : California Yankee
Update:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's Interior Ministry dismissed as "stupid" a report in a local newspaper Wednesday that said three nuclear missiles had been found near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.A senior U.S. military official told reporters he had no information on the report in the Iraqi newspaper al-Sabah. He said officials were checking the report.
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Nukes? Skepticism is high, ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Wind Rider | July 21, 2004 9:31 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Nukes? Skepticism is high, I repeat, skepticism is high...
But it begs the question - who puts something under 18 feet of concrete unless they really, really don't want it found?
Hell, even Jimmy Hoffa probably isn't under 18 feet of concrete.
1. Posted by Wind Rider | July 21, 2004 9:31 AM |
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Posted on July 21, 2004 09:31
2. Posted by Kevin | July 21, 2004 9:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hoffa is supossedly under floorboards in a Michagan house. They are doing DNA testing now.
Skepticism is high here too, but the existance of said concrete trenches or bunkers indicate that they had something to hide at some point.
2. Posted by Kevin | July 21, 2004 9:37 AM |
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Posted on July 21, 2004 09:37
3. Posted by Mark | July 21, 2004 9:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I question the timing of the discovery - right before the Democratic convention! Conspiracy, I tell you!
3. Posted by Mark | July 21, 2004 9:37 AM |
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Posted on July 21, 2004 09:37
4. Posted by McGehee | July 21, 2004 10:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
True or not, the moonbats won't care. This has been a prediction from the Official blogoSFERICS Magic 8-Ball™.
4. Posted by McGehee | July 21, 2004 10:09 AM |
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Posted on July 21, 2004 10:09
5. Posted by Spoons | July 21, 2004 10:35 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
No way.
5. Posted by Spoons | July 21, 2004 10:35 AM |
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Posted on July 21, 2004 10:35
6. Posted by Joe Grossberg | July 21, 2004 11:44 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's been so long since the war started, though, that how can we discern between weapons that were in pre-war Iraq and ones that have been smuggled in from Syria, Iran, etc.?
6. Posted by Joe Grossberg | July 21, 2004 11:44 AM |
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Posted on July 21, 2004 11:44
7. Posted by Debra | July 21, 2004 12:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Doesn't matter really. Regardless of what they are,where they are and how they got there, it will be yet another hurdle for the Bush administration to jump over in trying to prove to the rest of the world that Iraq was a dangerous breeding ground for WMD. Made in Iraq or transported in from Syria after the war started is of no consequence to me. I have a firm reslove that will not be shaken by liberals and the like.
I for one don't need to be pacified.
7. Posted by Debra | July 21, 2004 12:29 PM |
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Posted on July 21, 2004 12:29
8. Posted by jessica.simpson | July 21, 2004 1:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I wonder why your posting hasn't yet been linked by Instapundit?
8. Posted by jessica.simpson | July 21, 2004 1:10 PM |
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Posted on July 21, 2004 13:10
9. Posted by Debra | July 21, 2004 1:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
and yours to "instastupid"
9. Posted by Debra | July 21, 2004 1:34 PM |
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Posted on July 21, 2004 13:34
10. Posted by Bret | July 21, 2004 1:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sorry, kids. As of 10:44 MST, here is the text of the article you linked to:
Official denies nuclear arms found in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, Jul. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. military official Wednesday denied a report of Iraqi missiles carrying nuclear warheads being found in a concrete trench northwest of Baghdad.
The daily al-Sabah newspaper Wednesday had quoted sources as saying three missiles armed with nuclear warheads were discovered in a trench near the city of Tikrit, the hometown of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
A U.S. military spokesman in Tikrit told United Press International that the report was untrue.
"Nothing's been found. The report is not factual," said Master Sgt. Robert Cowens, a spokesman for the 1st Infantry Division, based in Tikrit.
The newspaper reported the three missiles were discovered by chance when Iraqi security forces captured former Baath party official Khoder al-Douri who revealed during interrogation the location of the missiles saying they carried nuclear warheads.
Al-Sabah said that the missiles were discovered in a trench under six meters of concrete, designed to evade sophisticated sensors.
A spokesman with Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's office told UPI that the report concerning the alleged missiles and warheads emerged "while gathering information for Saddam Hussein's tribunal" during the interrogation of a captured former official of Saddam's regime.
Shucks. Better luck next time.
10. Posted by Bret | July 21, 2004 1:45 PM |
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Posted on July 21, 2004 13:45
11. Posted by McGehee | July 21, 2004 6:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Heh. One denial is enough to convince Bret on this story.
11. Posted by McGehee | July 21, 2004 6:55 PM |
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Posted on July 21, 2004 18:55
12. Posted by Debra | July 22, 2004 7:19 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"official denials" have run rampant in Iraq for how many years now?
Does anyone besides me smell a rat?
12. Posted by Debra | July 22, 2004 7:19 AM |
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Posted on July 22, 2004 07:19