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State of the Union
Jan. 26th, 2004 09:26 amHeh.
And I still can't get over the "nobody can now doubt the word of America" bit. Speaking of which...
Remember the January 11th story that reported Danish troops had found mortar shells full of mustard gas hidden in an Iraqi swamp? It's not nerve gas, it's not uranium from Niger, it's not anthrax, but at least it's a chemical weapon, right?
Well, a couple of days later it was reported that followup tests came up negative. As with every other WMD-retraction story, that got rather less coverage than the initial claim. So we're back to a grand total of zero WMD finds.
And I still can't get over the "nobody can now doubt the word of America" bit. Speaking of which...
Remember the January 11th story that reported Danish troops had found mortar shells full of mustard gas hidden in an Iraqi swamp? It's not nerve gas, it's not uranium from Niger, it's not anthrax, but at least it's a chemical weapon, right?
Well, a couple of days later it was reported that followup tests came up negative. As with every other WMD-retraction story, that got rather less coverage than the initial claim. So we're back to a grand total of zero WMD finds.
