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WMD pipeline from Iraq to Syria?(weapons of mass destruction transferred to Syria from Iraq according to Georges Hormuz Sada)
Georges Hormuz Sada, a former high-ranking official in Saddam Hussein's Iraqi air force, claims that "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," reported the January 26 New York Sun.
Sada doesn't claim to be an eyewitness, insisting that he was told of the transfer by Iraqi airline pilots who supposedly flew 56 missions to deliver chemical weapons to Syria. "I know them well," Sada told the paper. "They are very good friends of mine. We trust each other. We are friends as pilots." The anonymous pilots purportedly claimed that two Iraqi Airways Boeing jets were "converted to cargo planes by removing the seats," after which special Republican Guard brigades loaded what were described as "yellow barrels with skull and crossbones on each barrel." Of course, the only way to validate or falsify Sada's claim would be to invade and occupy Syria.
Gen. Sada, whose book Saddam's Secrets was published on December 27, has been described by USAF Lt. Col. David Eberly (a former Gulf War POW) as "an honest and honorable man." While this may be true, Sada has a bad habit of turning up in odious company.
Sada has long served as a "personal adviser" to former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, who worked for many years as an assassin for the Ba'ath Party before having a falling-out with Saddam. ...
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