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Thursday, January 26, 2006

I have studiously avoided the continuing mention of the many "Saddam's WMD went to Syria" rumours that have circulated since before the Iraq invasion. "Call me when you've got something more solid."

The story in this article does seem to deserve to be taken seriously, however.

NY Sun: Iraq's WMD Secreted in Syria, Sada Says

The man who served as the no. 2 official in Saddam Hussein's air force says Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria before the war by loading the weapons into civilian aircraft in which the passenger seats were removed.

The Iraqi general, Georges Sada, makes the charges in a new book, "Saddam's Secrets," released this week. He detailed the transfers in an interview yesterday with The New York Sun.

"There are weapons of mass destruction gone out from Iraq to Syria, and they must be found and returned to safe hands," Mr. Sada said. "I am confident they were taken over."

Mr. Sada's comments come just more than a month after Israel's top general during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Moshe Yaalon, told the Sun that Saddam "transferred the chemical agents from Iraq to Syria."...

(H/T: Barcepundit who has more links on the story)

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