cerulean
02-15-2003, 11:19 PM
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EB05Ak02.html
Feb 5, 2003
A POLEMIC
Germany's leading role in arming Iraq
By Marc Erikson
Expurgated portions of Iraq's December 7 report to the UN Security Council show that German firms made up the bulk of suppliers for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. What's galling is that German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his minions have long known the facts, German intelligence services know them and have loads of information on what Saddam Hussein is hiding, and Schroeder nonetheless plays holier than thou to an easily manipulated, pacifist-inclined domestic audience.
If it's not the height of hypocrisy and opportunism, Schroeder's preemptive "no war. period" stance on Iraq and insistence on a "German Way" (Deutscher Weg) certainly come close. . . .
As posted previously (http://www.israelforum.com/board/showthread.php3?postid=43162#post43162), Germany's foreign minister was formerly involved in terrorism personally.
It would appear that everyone in the German government is aware of what weapons Iraq has, and Germany's role in it. The opposition leader is disallowed by oath from revealing what he knows, but has challenged Schroeder to tell. Reading the unclassified information in the article, it's hard to give any credibility to the idea that Iraq is not dangerously armed with WMD.
Feb 5, 2003
A POLEMIC
Germany's leading role in arming Iraq
By Marc Erikson
Expurgated portions of Iraq's December 7 report to the UN Security Council show that German firms made up the bulk of suppliers for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. What's galling is that German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his minions have long known the facts, German intelligence services know them and have loads of information on what Saddam Hussein is hiding, and Schroeder nonetheless plays holier than thou to an easily manipulated, pacifist-inclined domestic audience.
If it's not the height of hypocrisy and opportunism, Schroeder's preemptive "no war. period" stance on Iraq and insistence on a "German Way" (Deutscher Weg) certainly come close. . . .
As posted previously (http://www.israelforum.com/board/showthread.php3?postid=43162#post43162), Germany's foreign minister was formerly involved in terrorism personally.
It would appear that everyone in the German government is aware of what weapons Iraq has, and Germany's role in it. The opposition leader is disallowed by oath from revealing what he knows, but has challenged Schroeder to tell. Reading the unclassified information in the article, it's hard to give any credibility to the idea that Iraq is not dangerously armed with WMD.