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An inconvenient truth - Wikileaks and WMDs

An interesting side effect of the current round of leaked Iran documents. From Wired Magazine:

WikiLeaks Show WMD Hunt Continued in Iraq – With Surprising Results
By late 2003, even the Bush White House’s staunchest defenders were starting to give up on the idea that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

But for years afterward, WikiLeaks’ newly-released Iraq war documents reveal, U.S. troops continued to find chemical weapons labs, encounter insurgent specialists in toxins, and uncover weapons of mass destruction.

And the three-day long convoy of trucks from Iraq to Syria is conveniently forgotten. Another truck heading to Syria was intercepted and the cargo was this: Each bar is 33 pounds. Yes, it is gold. My post here and full story here Posted by DaveH at October 24, 2010 3:57 PM