Iraq To Syria WMD Transfer Shown To Be Mythical

The hard core denialists who continue to support the administration's WMD rationale for going to war with Iraq have lost another talking point.

After the specter of Iraq's active WMD programs was proved to be illusory, warmongering apologists have been making the claim that Saddam transferred his WMD to Syria. This was a claim that was impossible for observers to refute at the time due to the frosty relationship between Syria and the United States.

One country, however, would have made it their business to get to the truth of the matter.

This country is considered to have the best intelligence of anyone on the capabilities and intentions of its enemies in the Middle East.

The country, of course, is Israel.

The Baskervillian hound that is not barking in this case is the complete lack of reports of Israeli civilians donning their ubiquitous gas masks when they have sought refuge in bomb shelters from the rocket attacks of Hezbollah.

Syria and Iran are being touted as being behind the actions of Hezbollah.

Unlike in the opening days of both the 1991 and 2003 U.S. attacks on Iraq, the Israeli government has not instructed their citizens to make use of their protections (safe rooms, gas masks, etc.) against WMD.

This means that Israel does not believe that Iraq transferred its WMD to Syria.

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