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Saturday, May 10, 2003
A Second Suspected Weapons Lab Is Found in Northern Iraq
Command Post: Irak: " From the New York Times : An American military unit found an abandoned trailer outside a missile testing site in northern Iraq today that they suspect was a mobile biological weapons laboratory. It was the second such find in recent weeks, and could potentially bolster the United States' claim that Saddam Hussein's government was producing biological and chemical weapons.
... It was parked, missing its wheels and stripped by looters, about 50 feet from the entrance to Al Kindi, Iraq's largest missile research and testing complex, near Mosul. "
PARTY POOPER
Mirror.co.uk: " 3am EXCLUSIVE Liza moves bash for 260 ..one day before event"
WAR BLOG UPDATES
France, Russia Question U.S. Postwar Plan: " With the U.N. Security Council looking to avoid the bitter divisions that broke out before the war, France and Russia toned down objections to a new U.S. plan for ruling postwar Iraq, but appeared intent to seek changes to give the United Nations a stronger role. (AP)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
U.N. council sees plan for U.S.-British control over Iraq in CNN - War in Iraq
Israel Tightens Rules on Foreigners: " Israel is demanding new restrictions on foreigners entering the Gaza strip - a move that could hinder the work of journalists, aid workers and those trying to monitor the fighting between Israelis and Palestinians."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
WAR UPDATES
Prominent Iraqi Shi'ite Leader Returns from Exile: " The leader of Iraq's biggestShi'ite Muslim group returned home on Saturday to the cheers ofthousands of emotional Iraqis after 23 years in exile inneighboring Iran. (Reuters)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Top Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader returns home from exile, US watches closely: " The head of Iraq's main Shiite Muslim movement returned home from 23-years of exile in Iran promising to push for an Islamic state, threatening to complicate US efforts to foster a pluralistic society in the country. (AFP)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Gossip
Moore is out after heart op: " ROGER Moore was last night expected to speak at a charity event less than 48 hours after having a pacemaker fitted."
In Mirror.co.uk
eBAY ROW OVER BLAIR 5OTH GIFT: " Party chief accused of pulling rank to rig auction of historic autograph book of political leaders..."
In The Mirror
NYPD Blue's Kim Delaney in rehab: " According to reports, NYPD Blue actress Kim Delaney has checked into a rehab facility in Arizona, seeking treatment for alcohol abuse."
In National Enquirer
War Updates
Iraqi Documents on Israel Surface on a Cultural Hunt: " In one huge room in the flooded basement of the building, American soldiers from MET Alpha, the "mobile exploitation team" that has been searching for nuclear, biological and chemical weapons in Iraq for the past three months, found maps featuring terrorist strikes against Israel dating to 1991. Another map of Israel highlighted what the Iraqis thought were the locations at which their Scud missiles had struck in the Persian Gulf war of 1991. The strikes were designated by yellow-and-red paper flowers placed atop the pinpointed Israeli neighborhoods.
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In Command Post: Irak
Fox News: Saddam in Belarus or Russia: " [No link. From live broadcast]
Fox News military analyst Gen Paul Vallely reports intelligence from very high levels in the middle east that Saddam, Qusay and other high leaders left Iraq around April 6 for Damascus, and then flew to Belarus. They are now likely in either Belarus or Russia. Other leaders and families are in Latakia, Damascus and Aleppo.
[This was originally reported several weeks ago at debka.com, except that the method of transport was implausible: flying directly from Baghdad in the middle of the war.]
Vellely also reports that satellite photos [and intelligence?] indicate that Iraqi WMDs were buried in the eastern Bekaa Valley of Lebanon by Syrian engineers. These include chemical weapons and some biological weapons. This activity took place from Jan 26 through early March.
He also reports that information in the hands of military intelligence from Iraqi archives shows close ties between Chirac and his family to Saddam and his family and lots of corruption. In Vallely's opinion this might cause "an earthquake" in French politics and the fall of the Chirac government."
In Command Post: Irak
Friday, May 09, 2003
War Updates
'Occupying Powers' Want A Year In Iraq: " A month after the fall of Baghdad, the U.S. and Britain are asking the United Nations for permission to administer Iraq for a year or more. The issue of ending sanctions could again divide the Security Council."
In CBS News: Iraq Crisis
Pentagon challenged over cluster bomb deaths in IraqWar.ru (English)
Tuesday, May 06, 2003
War Updates
Saddam Set Bank Heist Record: Report: " As war approached, he sent his son and a trusted aide to remove $900 million in cash ? enough to fill three tractor-trailers ? from the central bank in the middle of the night, says a newspaper."
In CBS News: Iraq Crisis
Report: France Helped Iraqi Leaders Escape: "
The Washington Times reports:
The French government secretly supplied fleeing Iraqi officials with passports in Syria that allowed them to escape to Europe, The Washington Times has learned.
An unknown number of Iraqis who worked for Saddam Hussein's government were given passports by French officials in Syria, U.S. intelligence officials said.
The passports are regarded as documents of the European Union, because of France's membership in the union, and have helped the Iraqis avoid capture, said officials familiar with intelligence reports.
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In Command Post: Irak
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