Originally posted by SLY
For the Uranium thing , where do you think Saddam can hide nuclear weapons out of sight ? In his pants ?!

The Manhatten Project, the US program that produced the first nuclear bombs was under the bleachers in a sports arena. Any underground facility could suffice.

Don't you know that the inspectors are measuring nuclear radiation everywhere in Iraq , in streets , villages , etc. ... They also leave a fixed apparatus for that reason just to make sure that inspected areas could never be used for hiding these stuff in the future.

Simple slabs of lead can sheild radiation quite effectively and make such measures meaningless.

And for the spy planes ... Does the U.S. realy need spy planes ? What about Spy Satelites , I hear they're very sophisticated these days to the extent that it can catch a car number with very clear details ... Or is it just american propaganda?

Satalites have fixed orbits (meaning they can only be over specific targets for short times and at regular intervals), and aren't too dificult to track making it very easy to hide things from them. Spy planes on the other hand can linger over targets and change direction at will making it possible the pilot to follow hunches. A satalite can do none of that, and don't you hold information the US produces suspect anyway?

And about moving stuff from sites and getting them back after being inspected , it's realy rediculous ... Each site has been inspected over and over and all the visits should not be expected by the Iraqies ... I'm sure the inspectors were taught how to be unexpected... So how could the Iraqies be so sure that one site is more secure and secret than others to hide their stuff in?

The Iraqi intelligence service is not inept. Transmissions can be intercepted, bugs can be planted, people can be corrupted, and there is evidence that the Iraqis have been trying to do all of the above to the best of their abilities.

As a matter of fact , every inch inside Iraq is could be the inspectors next target

Iraq is a large country, and large countries make effective hiding places. Not a single SCUD missle launcher was confirmed to have been destroyed in the entire Gulf War despite the best efforts of coalition forces, does that mean they never existed?

And I'm sure that Iraq realy knows what could be the consequences of finding hidden WMDs , so they'd better not be hiding something.

Well, until now the "consequenses" have been the UN asking Iraq to disarm again, and by the way, 45,000 more civilians get to starve this year because the sanctions are contingent on weapons inspections proving something. Obviously, not Saddam's idea of "harsh." From a psychological perspective, the man is not going to give in, ever because he considers it discraceful.

And till the U.S. or the inspectors find some real hidden WMDs inside Iraq , the U.S. should never attack.

If they don't have the weapons, why are they telling blatant lies about things we can confirm?