NY Times: Saddam's Generals Believed They Had WMDs to Repel U.S. Forces
By Jim Kouri
14 March 2006
The New York Times reports that just prior to the United States-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, dictator Saddam Hussein informed his top generals that he had destroyed his stockpiles of chemical weapons three months before their war plans meeting.
According to the Times report, the generals all believed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and were counting on the WMDs to repel the oncoming coalition invaders......
...... this proves President Bush did not lie and that he believed what Saddam's own generals believed -- that Iraq possessed stockpiles of WMDs.
According to the Times story, Saddam Hussein wanted the world to believe he possessed WMDs in order to create fear and thwart any war plans by the U.S.. The revelation that Saddam's generals believed they would use WMDs against American, British and other invading forces explains why the U.S. military found protective gear had been issued to Iraqi soldiers. The top commanders wanted their troops protected from the WMDs they intended to use.
"The Iraqi dictator was so secretive and kept information so compartmentalized that his top military leaders were stunned when he told them three months before the war that he had no weapons of mass destruction, and they were demoralized because they had counted on hidden stocks of poison gas or germ weapons for the nation's defense, " stated the New York Times on March 12.
The Times story supports the testimony of two former Iraqi generals who said that prior to the war, Saddam was in possession of WMD.
By Jim Kouri
14 March 2006
The New York Times reports that just prior to the United States-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, dictator Saddam Hussein informed his top generals that he had destroyed his stockpiles of chemical weapons three months before their war plans meeting.
According to the Times report, the generals all believed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and were counting on the WMDs to repel the oncoming coalition invaders......
...... this proves President Bush did not lie and that he believed what Saddam's own generals believed -- that Iraq possessed stockpiles of WMDs.
According to the Times story, Saddam Hussein wanted the world to believe he possessed WMDs in order to create fear and thwart any war plans by the U.S.. The revelation that Saddam's generals believed they would use WMDs against American, British and other invading forces explains why the U.S. military found protective gear had been issued to Iraqi soldiers. The top commanders wanted their troops protected from the WMDs they intended to use.
"The Iraqi dictator was so secretive and kept information so compartmentalized that his top military leaders were stunned when he told them three months before the war that he had no weapons of mass destruction, and they were demoralized because they had counted on hidden stocks of poison gas or germ weapons for the nation's defense, " stated the New York Times on March 12.
The Times story supports the testimony of two former Iraqi generals who said that prior to the war, Saddam was in possession of WMD.