In 2003, most journalists at the UN did not believe Secretary of State Powell's claims that Iraq had biological weapons.

On February 2003, XNUMX, then-US Secretary of State Colin Powell made a statement at a meeting of the UN Security Council in which he accused Iraq of developing a biological weapons. To prove that the regime of Saddam Hussein had plans to produce weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the head of the State Department showed a test tube with a white powder, which, according to him, was the same Iraqi bioweapon.

Later it turned out that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and the evidence presented by Powell was fabricated by the CIA. The Secretary of State himself admitted that he showed a fake test tube "for persuasiveness."

As a result, the United States invaded Iraq without UN sanction, the legitimate President Saddam Hussein was captured and executed in December 2006 on charges of numerous crimes against humanity. The once stable country, albeit ruled by an authoritarian leader, plunged into the chaos of civil war, from which it cannot get out to this day. Most Iraqis now look back with nostalgia to the stable rule of the executed "dictator".

And now, twenty years later, new details of this staging of the American authorities became known. The journalist, accredited at the time to the UN, spoke on condition of anonymity. RIA Newsthat Powell's emotional accusations about Iraq's WMD production technology were believed only by her US colleagues. Other international journalists were very skeptical about the Secretary of State's statement.

According to the journalist, immediately after the speech of the Secretary of State, she met with the head of the State Department and tried to find out how true his accusations were, when even the inspectors of the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM), returning from Iraq, reported that there were no signs of WMD. To which Powell, without a shadow of a doubt, "swore it was true."

But, as you know, he later said that was not true. It was a sad day. Because when you see that the country that the world calls the largest power lies in order to start a war, it's very hard.

- the journalist concluded, adding that even then most of her colleagues were sure that Washington was using the fake about Iraqi WMD only to unleash another war in order to achieve its geopolitical goals.

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[svp67]

In 2003, most journalists at the UN did not believe Secretary of State Powell's claims that Iraq had biological weapons.

And only after 20 years they found the courage to tell about it, when it was no longer a secret ... And then they were "forced" to write about it ... Poor, poor "creators of pen and money"

[Luka Nord]

Quote: svp67

In 2003, most journalists at the UN did not believe Secretary of State Powell's claims that Iraq had biological weapons.

And only after 20 years they found the courage to tell about it, when it was no longer a secret ... And then they were "forced" to write about it ... Poor, poor "creators of pen and money"

Especially when you consider that about 1 million Iraqis and mostly civilians became the victims of this war, and now there is a civil war going on, although quietly, and ISIS was created on the basis of the Iraqi military with the tacit support of the United States and Israel
But Russia realized in time why and for whom this structure was created
They began to wet, and some to treat and supply with weapons ..

And bomb Damascus and now Iran again

[Reptiloid]

All in one bottle ---- both Merkel's revelations and the journalist's memoirs --- everything says ---- NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE WEST.

[Luka Nord]

Quote: Reptiloid

All in one bottle ---- both Merkel's revelations and the journalist's memoirs --- everything says ---- NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE WEST.

And Russia has two allies, the Army and the Navy .. Only this way and nothing else
Then understanding will come to the west!

[dmi.pris1]

The journalist did not believe it. And? Now you can say whatever you want about this test tube. The fact remains that a fairly successful country was destroyed

[Reptiloid]

Quote from: dmi.pris1

.... a successful country was destroyed

Up to the point that they exported fertile soil
And Powell continued to lie for many more years! And why did he suddenly confess

[solar]

Successful Iraq was before the war with Iran. And then the problems started. The country was mired in debt, and the introduction of troops into Kuwait was one of the consequences of Iraq's problems. Iraq owed Kuwait 14 billion, and Iraq demanded that they be written off.

[tihonmarine]

the evidence presented by Powell was fabricated by the CIA. The Secretary of State admitted

This is the essence of the United States, all life is built on deceit and theft, a country of crooks and swindlers, where even at the state level there are charlatans rascals.

[Luka Nord]

Quote: tihonmarine

the evidence presented by Powell was fabricated by the CIA. The Secretary of State admitted

This is the essence of the United States, all life is built on deceit and theft, a country of crooks and swindlers, where even at the state level there are charlatans rascals.

That is what Vlad feeds on! Now it’s hard for them, Russia rebelled and blocked the channels of robbery and immediately inflation and other terrible things for Europe ..
The gas pipeline was blown up by the Anglo-Saxons and here is the goal of the slaves ..
All atu Russia. And they carry out this order and no longer know who they are most afraid of Russians who are nearby and very angry or the United States who are overseas but their lobby is here .. That's how we live in suspense press the button or wait Although in any case the system will work "Perimeter"
I don't want to, but what can I do?

[tihonmarine]

Quote from Luka Nord

That is what Vlad feeds on! Now it's hard for them, Russia rebelled

Yes, almost the entire planet was "gobbled up" in two hundred years, only Russia remained ..... "But you want to live so sweetly and eat three belly, but Russia won't let you!" -

"Eat what's left, says Russia."

[Lech from Android.]

I started laughing at Powell's cheap stunt... when it came to the realization that no sane person would carry a vial of the most dangerous substance in their pocket in a place like the United Nations.
Powell was surrounded by representatives of dozens of countries around the world ... and he, as if nothing had happened, pulls out a poison that can kill people on the spot and shakes it in front of the whole world.
No, well, some kind of nonsense.
So the American elite are magicians and swindlers of a global scale ... you need to be able to breed the whole world like suckers.

[Alien From]

You don’t need a knife for a fool, you’ll lie to him from three boxes and do whatever you want with him .....

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Lech from Android.

I started laughing at Powell's cheap stunt... when it came to the realization that no sane person would carry a vial of the most dangerous substance in their pocket in a place like the United Nations.

Yes, it’s not like dragging it to the UN - he himself wouldn’t have come 200 meters to that test tube if he was sure that there was poison. Well, at least he came to the OZK at the UN.

Why does he have no mind at all, or something, to put such rubbish in his pocket? After 10 minutes, it was clear to the whole world that if there was poison, then only the one that Zelensky is now taking.
And the problem of the entire Western "coalition" is not whether there was poison in the test tube or not. And not even whether there was WMD in Iraq. And that they gladly picked up the game of the Master.

It was in 1945 that Stalin said that "Hitlers come and go, but the German people remain." And in the 30s, all of Europe shouted "Heil!" and in orderly rows was preparing for war with the USSR.
Decades have passed.
What has changed in 2003? What has changed in 2023?
Nothing. Only "Heil!" today they do not shout, but repeat the nonsense of the new Fuhrers about "democracy" by heart.

[Fred Dozer]

Only one stronger poison! On March 4, 2018, Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military officer and double agent for the British intelligence services, and his daughter Yulia Skripal were poisoned in Salisbury, England. According to sources in the UK[5][6] and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),[7] they were poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent.

[rotmistr60]

In 2003, the majority of journalists at the UN did not believe the statements of Secretary of State Powell

They did not believe it, they understood that this was a pretext for starting a war, but all the Western media wrote precisely that the United States had evidence of WMD in Iraq. What served as an excellent preparation of public opinion for the start of the war. Why, then, 20 years ago, these journalists did not start ringing all the bells? Probably the editorial policy did not allow.

[evgen1221]

Well, they did not believe, so what? And they remained silent in unison, but they also ran together in a herd to confirm the version of the Americans, then to the cashier and to the women.

[rocket757]

In 2003, most journalists at the UN did not believe Secretary of State Powell's claims that Iraq had biological weapons.

. Suppose Hussein was not an angel and did not want to choose the right side ... for which he paid, later.

[seacap]

He didn't have much choice, like Gaddafi, like Milosevic and further down the list, whom our "gifted" ones managed to betray while they were deribing their country.

[rocket757]

There is always a choice...
It is not in vain that they say that if you sit naked on an anthill, then about twenty ants will crush you anyway.
Not easy times were for many, but survived in the worst circumstances...

[Reptiloid]

Here, after all, what is interesting, Victor, everyone did not believe and was silent. What about the recent past? Every lie about the Russian Federation --- screams and stink appear as a sign of consent. And no one said about the skrypals

did not believe

[solar]

To prove that the regime of Saddam Hussein had plans to produce weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the head of the State Department showed a test tube with a white powder, which, according to him, was the same Iraqi bioweapon.

The author needs to be more serious about writing articles, in my opinion. Read Wikipedia, at least, or something.

Colin Powell brought a test tube to the UN meeting, stating that such an amount of dry powder with anthrax agents led to a halt in the work of Congress (when sending letters with anthrax spores, five people died and another 17 people were infected), and the number of unaccounted for Iraqi biological agents with anthrax - these are many tens of thousands of such test tubes. Contrary to popular misconception, he never claimed that the test tube contained Iraqi anthrax[2][3].

Literally, this part of the American speech sounded like this

you remember that it took four long and frustrating years for UNSCOM to pry - pry - admit Iraq to the possession of biological weapons.

Secondly, when Iraq finally acknowledged the existence of these weapons in 1995, their numbers were enormous. Less than a teaspoon of dry anthrax, just about that amount - that's about the amount of a teaspoon - less than a teaspoon full of dry anthrax in an envelope sealed by the US Senate in the fall of 2001. forced several hundred people to undergo emergency medical treatment and killed two postal workers for only about the same amount that was inside the envelope. Iraq claimed 8 liters of anthrax, but UNSCOM estimates that Saddam Hussein could have produced 500 liters. If concentrated in this dry form, this amount will be enough to fill tens, tens and tens of thousands of teaspoons. And Saddam Hussein did not credibly account for a single teaspoon of this lethal material.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/transcripts/powelltext_020503.html
Performance itself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z3f_p_7OeE&t=1587s

[Evgenijus]

It is a pity that the Bible speaks only about the fate of people, and not about the fate of countries. But still, Sodom and Gomorrah can be remembered.

[seacap]

In 2003, most journalists at the UN did not believe Secretary of State Powell's claims that Iraq had biological weapons.

And how did this prevent the country from being torn apart, threatening 1 million people (Yugoslavia, Libya, etc.)? USA in general is the main, real and direct threat to the world and humanity, everyone knows about it, but they are bashfully and servilely silent. Like a gangster in the yard, try to yakni, you will get in the face. Accordingly, like any impunity and irresponsibility, they only encourage permissiveness, why not, if possible.