IMINT Notes "They who have put out the people's eyes, reproach them of their blindness." John Milton, 1642.

September 8, 2002

Wagging the IRAQI DOG

Iraqi official take newsmedia on tour of Fallujah III.

One week after our website posted images of three Iraqi chemical facilities suspected by UNSCOM as possible VX precuror plants, the Iraqi officials took western journalists on a carefully orchestrated tour of Fallujah III, to demonstrate that the facility was merely a pesticide factory.

Given that the Iraqis had an entire week to clear the facility out, compared to hours under UNSCOM no-notice inspections, the Amn al-Amm, (the Iraqi concealment organization) probably did not have to break a sweat to pull off this "Potemkin Village" stunt.

Fallujah III Chemical Plant, Iraq