Iraqi insiders with possible WMD information being murdered

[DougMD]

I saw a clip on CNN last night where at least 5 scientists or others who were being questioned by the US or were about to be questioned by the US in connection with WMD were murdered by Iraqis. Furthermore, the report stated that many were injured in attacks targeted at them.

Seems to me that if Iraq had no WMD as widely purported by critics, the information these key figures would have provided would have been welcomed by Saddam's henchmen, because it would prove to the world that the intelligence Bush relied on was wrong. Instead it merely casts more suspicion on Iraqi WMD's...

Comments?

[PABuck_HNTR]

Doug I'm with you on this issue! I don't see how anyone can dispute that Iraq had WMD's. The Bush bashers can't even say it was Bush who lied , because Clinton had the same information and his administration was the one who laid out the policy America would take in Iraq. The only difference in the Bush administration is that Bush was able to act on the reports and Clinton chose not to.

[DougMD]

An interesting point of this is that regardless of the reason they were targeted for assassination, it is a huge impediment to other Iraqis who may have informaton about WMD's for fear they too will be killed. The US really has to do a better job of assuring the safety of informants, which likely involves relocation and possibly a change in identity.