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Sarindar in Iraq? [Aug. 21st, 2003|02:19 pm]
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As a former Romanian spy chief who used to take orders from the Soviet KGB, it is perfectly obvious to me that Russia is behind the evanescence of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. [...] The Soviet Union and all its bloc states always had a standard operating procedure for deep sixing weapons of mass destruction — in Romanian it was codenamed "Sarindar, meaning "emergency exit."Iimplemented it in Libya. It was for ridding Third World despots of all trace of their chemical weapons if the Western imperialists ever got near them. [Washington Times]

Interesting, but... does not read as a very reliable source. Or does it?
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From:[info]arbat@lj
Date:August 21st, 2003 - 06:38 am
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What do you mean?
That the guy is not real?
That he does not really know anything?
That he is lying?

I have no idea on either one of those. However, funny thing - I think the probability of him telling the true story is somewhat higher then not. There is no any doubt - not even in the UN, that Saddam did have WMD. So, there are three possibilities:
- he destroyed them as ordered and then decided to hide the fact (that would be THE most stupid thing he could have done - something like to aim the toy gun at the police officer)
- he destroyed them when the war started
- he hid them

I am guessing that given total lack of sense of going the first way, the chances are that he destroyed some and hid some. We will see soon enough.
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From:[info]cema@lj
Date:August 21st, 2003 - 07:08 am
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I mean, former (as well as current) spies are not a particularly reliable source, usually, and this guy sounds suspiciously.

What you say about the possibilities is true, of course, but there is a difference between theoretical constructions and the factual reality. I can guess as well as you, and my best guess is the same as yours, but I would like to see reliable evidence.

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From:[info]arbat@lj
Date:August 21st, 2003 - 01:45 pm
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Ну, поскольку я первую версию абсолютно исключаю, то мне доказательств особенных не надо. Мне надо - чтобы нашли, что он с ними сделал и кто ему помогал.