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lennart
02-06-03, 16:02
CIA admits BW trucks could have other uses

Bush is trying to claim the three supposed biological weapon trucks were enough justification for $200 billion and thousands of lives lost or ruined. However, even the CIA report on the trucks admits other possible uses than just bioweapon production.

Slate is all over it:

The CIA report reveals considerable ambiguity about the nature of these vehicles. For example, it notes that Iraqi officials—presumably those currently being interrogated—say the trailers were used to produce hydrogen for artillery weather-balloons. (Many Army units float balloons to monitor the accuracy of artillery fire.) In response to this claim, the report states:

Some of the features of the trailer—a gas-collection system and the presence of caustic—are consistent with both bioproduction and hydrogen production. The plant's design possibly could be used to produce hydrogen using a chemical reaction, but it would be inefficient. The capacity of this trailer is larger than the typical units for hydrogen production for weather balloons.

One could ask: Since when was Saddam's Iraq considered a model of efficiency?