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August 01, 2003
Who was David Kelly again?
I separated this from my previous post to make it more concise.
As I mention in that post with regards to the "mobile weapons labs" Bush claims have been found in Iraq, "US State Department experts disputed CIA conclusions that tractor-trailers found in Iraq were mobile biological weapons labs...." This did not stop Bush from claiming to have found biological weapons:
In an interview with Polish television in May, Bush said, “We found the weapons of mass destruction.” He was referring to two trailers with laboratory equipment but no pathogens. “For those who say we haven’t found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they’re wrong. We have found them.”
If you have not really followed those news stories about David Kelly, this one in particular is worth a glance:
Dr. Kelly was reported missing by his wife. His body was later found about 2 miles from his home. His body lay, on the crest of a hill near a copse, of ash and oak trees, where, according to the police, he apparently took some prescription pain killers and slit his left wrist....It was known that as a former United Nations weapons inspector, Dr. Kelly was at odds with the statement made, by both George Bush and Blair, who claimed that two alleged mobile chemical weapons labs had been found. Dr. Kelly told the press, that he had examined the alleged labs in person and agreed with the Iraqi's explanation; the two vehicles were intended for the production of hydrogen to fill artillery balloons.
Nonetheless, as of July 17th the White House was still using those two trailers as proof that "biological weapons have been found" in Iraq.
Q: Do you think that -- the truth is there are facts on the ground right now that -- you can go back to statements from 1998 and such, but there are facts on the ground now that are raising questions about the situation as presented or laid out by the President, what we could expect, what you all believed would happen, what you believed you would find. Now we have facts on the ground that are undermining the quality and the credibility of those comments.MR. McCLELLAN: I differ. I think we're beginning to learn the truth and we've seen some of the evidence of Saddam Hussein's desire to seek nuclear weapons, going back quite a while. We've seen some of the evidence of his weapons of mass destruction program through two mobile biological weapon labs that have been discovered. And that's in -- we've only been there, what, 120 days.
Posted by Mike at August 1, 2003 05:51 PM
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