Martin, WMD's and the Terrorists

whoa, fresh out of a meeting with bush, martin gets his back bigtime:

WMD threat: PM

SADDAM'S MISSING WEAPONS IN TERRORISTS' HANDS: MARTIN

By STEPHANIE RUBEC, OTTAWA BUREAU, SUN MEDIA

Prime Minister Paul Martin says he believes Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and they've fallen into terrorists' hands. Martin said the threat of terrorism is even greater now than it was following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, because terrorists have acquired nuclear, chemical and biological weapons from the toppled Iraqi leader.

"The fact is that there is now, we know well, a proliferation of nuclear weapons, and that many weapons that Saddam Hussein had, we don't know where they are," Martin told a crowd of about 700 university researchers and business leaders in Montreal. "That means terrorists have access to all of that."

'NOT OUT OF IT YET'

The PM's comments run counter to opinions expressed by leaders in such countries as France and Germany who have accused the U.S. and Britain of fudging evidence of WMDs to justify the war against Iraq.

When asked to assess the threat level since Saddam was captured by U.S. troops, Martin said he believes it has increased.

"I believe that terrorism will be, for our generation, what the Cold War was to generations that preceded us," he said. "I don't think we're out of it yet."

Martin disagreed with former prime minister Jean Chretien, who publicly blamed poverty for terrorism and the Sept. 11 attacks. "The cause of terrorism is not poverty, it is hatred."
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"When I got ya back ya know I got ya back each and every time"

that's what i'm talking about. we have to get the US' back on this shit. even if we disagree, lets do it like friends would. we're not france, we're not best friends or trading buddies with germany, so let's stop following their foreign policy. its not in our interests to act like we are from europe. we are canadian and we have to start acting independently. i'm glad martin can back them up on this.

having said that, getting back to the topic....martin brings up an interesting point. two weeks ago in jordan, a massive shipment of chemical weapons was found in jordan..presumably for terrorist attacks against the uh...'moderate' kingdom. anyways, there was rampant speculation that was part of the huge stockpile of hussein's wmd's went.

it was speculative of course, but the amounts involved were beyond what a civilian or terrorist could come up with.....apparently, it was found that the substance and chemicals involved could only have been state sponsored.

i'm not saying its iraq necessarily either: syria? iran? i'm looking in your direction.