Declassified UN Report: Iraqi drone 'could drop chemicals on troops

[NOT Bolt Rifles]

US officials outraged that Hans Blix did not inform the Security Council about the remotely piloted vehicle in his oral presentation to Foreign Ministers and tried to bury it in a 173-page single-spaced report distributed later in the day, the TIMES OF LONDON is reporting Saturday. The omission raised serious questions about Dr Blix's objectivity. [url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-603370,00.html]The full article[/url]

[Charlie-brm]

That sounded interesting, so I did a little searching. Not your fault, but that article is pretty biased. To say Blix "tried to bury it" in the report is BS. Was it supposed to be on page one according to the reporter (or Powell)? The drones have been identified by the U.S., not the U.N., since before October, and downplayed, [url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,79472,00.html]Iraqi drone (UAV)[/url] until it's convenient to resurrect. That's pretty sad for journalism.

[Turd Polisher]

Headline article, Washingtonpost.com: [b]U.N. Inspector: Some Evidence on Iraq Fake[/b] Report calls into question U.S. and British claims about Iraq's secret nuclear ambitions. [b]Some Evidence on Iraq Called Fake[/b] [i]U.N. Nuclear Inspector Says Documents on Purchases Were Forged[/i] A key piece of evidence linking Iraq to a nuclear weapons program appears to have been fabricated, the United Nations' chief nuclear inspector said yesterday in a report that called into question U.S. and British claims about Iraq's secret nuclear ambitions. [url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59403-2003Mar7.html]Full article[/url]