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jimlup

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6. So the irony (if true) is

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Sat Jun 1, 2013, 01:35 PM

Jun 2013

No chemical weapons in Iraq prior to 2003. But now, as a direct result of the Al Qaida infiltration following the Bush team's haphazardly thought through Iraq war of 2003 Iraq is now the source of chemical weapons in Syria!!!??? As a result of an Al Qaida/Sunni alliance???

(OK, I admit that it isn't really funny. Horrible and sad really but I can't help but laugh at the irony.)

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Iraq uncovers al-Qaeda 'chemical weapons plot' [View all] Bosonic Jun 2013 OP

Curiouser and curiouser... Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #1

Such a stretch! SkyDaddy7 Jun 2013 #15

Yeah, like sucking the West into intervening under false pretenses. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #16

False pretenses? SkyDaddy7 Jun 2013 #17

And to think they weren't even in Iraq when we shock and awed them in 2003. nt Mnemosyne Jun 2013 #2

Just one point SCVDem Jun 2013 #3

Good! I'm glad they were caught. Pterodactyl Jun 2013 #4

Not the first time this has happened. Lasher Jun 2013 #5

So the irony (if true) is jimlup Jun 2013 #6

So, if we arm them to overthrow the regime, what do we give that they don't already have? ICBMs? leveymg Jun 2013 #7

maybe Im sensitive to these reports because I was in iraq in 2003 pasto76 Jun 2013 #8

We believe this, Why???????? How many times is the press going to buy into WMD plots? Ford_Prefect Jun 2013 #9

I don't think you understand the Geo/Religous Politics of the region Bosonic Jun 2013 #10

My point about Iran was only to emphasize the likely nature of the "foreign intelligence services". Ford_Prefect Jun 2013 #11

I don't think so. John2 Jun 2013 #12

To underscore my comment we do not know the evidence nor the details of the "confessions". Ford_Prefect Jun 2013 #14

Is Al Q still going strong? Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2013 #13