tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post115098316397138081..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: WMDs found in Iraq?joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1150989594711365552006-06-22T11:19:00.000-04:002006-06-22T11:19:00.000-04:00though crooksandliars presents in a way that he ha...though crooksandliars presents in a way that he has been more categorcally debunked.<BR/><BR/>http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/06/22.html<BR/><BR/>well, should be interesting to see if anythoug *does* come of it...joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958375916391742462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1150989127686623712006-06-22T11:12:00.000-04:002006-06-22T11:12:00.000-04:00the article to which i linked noted this objection...the article to which i linked noted this objection and linked to it.<BR/><BR/>http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Republican_Congress_members_claimed_that_evidence_0621.html<BR/><BR/>"In an appearance later in the evening on Fox News, Santorum was told that an unnamed Defense Department official speaking for the Administration objected to his conclusions.<BR/><BR/>"Fox News’ Jim Angle contacted the Defense Department who quickly disavowed Santorum and Hoekstra’s claims," reports Think Progress. A Defense Department official told Angle flatly that the munitions hyped by Santorum and Hoekstra are 'not the WMD’s for which this country went to war.'"<BR/><BR/>"I’d like to know who that is," Santorum responded. "The fact of the matter is, I’ll wait and see what the actual Defense Department formally says or more important what the administration formally says.""joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958375916391742462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1150987457334448642006-06-22T10:44:00.000-04:002006-06-22T10:44:00.000-04:00oops... Defense Department Disavows Santorum’s WMD...oops...<BR/><BR/> Defense Department Disavows Santorum’s WMD Claims » <BR/><BR/>Today, Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) held a press conference and announced “we have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.” Santorum and Hoekstra are hyping a document that describes degraded, pre-1991 munitions that were already acknowledged by the White House’s Iraq Survey Group and dismissed.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Santorum and Hoekstra are hyping a document that describes degraded, pre-1991 munitions that were already acknowledged by the White House’s Iraq Survey Group and dismissed.<BR/><BR/>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/santorum-wmd/<BR/>http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/report/2004/isg-final-report/isg-final-report_vol3_cw_key-findings.htm<BR/>http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/report/2004/isg-final-report/isg-final-report_vol3_cw_key-findings.htm<BR/><BR/>Fox News’ Jim Angle contacted the Defense Department who quickly disavowed Santorum and Hoekstra’s claims. A Defense Department official told Angle flatly that the munitions hyped by Santorum and Hoekstra are “not the WMD’s for which this country went to war.” <BR/><BR/>http://images1.americanprogress.org/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/santorumdod.320.240.movThe Town Crierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15102555182223418591noreply@blogger.com