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Subway franchise

Postroad — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 05:31:30 -0800

Subway franchise "CBS) Plans for a Baghdad subway were used instead to build underground tunnels to hide Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, says one of the Iraqi dictator's former top scientists. Dr. Hussein Shahristani, once Iraq's top nuclear scientist, speaks to Steve Kroft for a 60 Minutes report to be broadcast " This Suday [note: title mine}

By: mrplab

mrplab — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 06:22:08 -0800

i thought you meant another subway. that's not a pop cooler on the wall over there, that's a door leading down to the "basement of mass destruction." .. with paul and linda mccartney, of course.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 08:22:43 -0800

Postroad - I wonder about the timing. also: maybe they exist. Or maybe they are destined to be viewed by historians in the same vein as the infamous "Kuwait baby incubator atrocity" fabrications spread by the US before the first Gulf War. Defensive subway systems? What of the widely acknowledged offensive WMD threats - by North Korea, Pakistan (through the Islamic militant-Pakistani ISI connection), Iran, etc? I don't think that these rumoured Baghdad military subways would fit the "WMD" definition. Loosely speaking, they would be "weapons of apocalyptic defense". .

By: kfury

kfury — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 09:10:29 -0800

Uh Trout, I think the implication is that WMDs might be stored in the subway tunnels. Of course I could be wrong, in which case the subway could be classified as a Weapon of Mass Transit.

By: machaus

machaus — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 09:32:56 -0800

I THOUGHT Jared looked suspicious.

By: umberto

umberto — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 10:07:38 -0800

Semantically speaking, Jared did away with, or 'destroyed' a great deal of his previous mass. Therefore Subway could be technically be labelled a weapon of 'mass destruction.' Perhaps Saddam just wants to shed a couple of pounds?

By: Postroad

Postroad — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 10:53:21 -0800

Point of correction: I have read in at least two places that the WMD, all but nuclear stuff, had been hidden underground and thus has not been detected as yet. This scientist makes a claim--be it true or not--and is to be on 60 Minutes. I imagine producers of that show take this with a bit of credulity or they would not bother to risk a very fine reputation by giving a segment to "just another nut case."

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 11:17:10 -0800

You give far too much credibility to 60 Minutes. This is, after all, the show that has provided bogus reports on heroin smuggling and has been accused several times of lie-telling, plagurism, and hype.

By: Postroad

Postroad — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 16:29:33 -0800

Well, 5, a general distrust of all media is a good idea but I am willing to watch and reserve judgement for when (like it or not) our troops go in...if it is there, it will be found and reported to justify going in. If it is not there, we will not hear about it...I guess then we are on same wavelength here. I posted merely to alert folks of what will be on that I thought might be of interest, stuff to be evaluated by us.

By: kfury

kfury — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 18:01:25 -0800

Hmm... Interesting slant: Invading Iraq is the quickest way to find out if they have WMD, right? After all, they'd probably use them on our troops before they could be discovered and destroyed...

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 19:00:28 -0800

Oh, not dissing the FPP, Postroad, just the last comment re: "a very fine reputation." They've got a pretty good rep, for sure. I'm not sure it's a very fine rep.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 19:34:30 -0800

kfury - So the WMD's are stored in the subway tunnels. And I have some gasoline for my lawnmower in my basement..... Delivery is little problem here......who are these supposed WMD's threatening?

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sat, 22 Feb 2003 20:37:22 -0800

They're threatening The Secret World of Og.