Further Reading
A compendium of links to articles Chuck thinks may be of further interest. Whether about SEALS, politics or literature.
WMDs in Iraq? Don’t Just Take Chuck’s Word for It.
One of the more controversial aspects of SEAL Target Geronimo is Chuck’s assertion that there were Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) in Iraq. While that may not be the most popular theory, Chuck’s not alone in his assessment. Below are links and references to the research and articles that led him to his conclusion. These links and references also form a partial bibliography for SEAL Target Geronimo.
(1) BBC News: Sarin bomb reopens Iraq WMD debate, May 17, 2004
(2) New York Times: US Finds Shell With Nerve Gas In Iraq, May 17, 2004
(3) Fox News: Tests Confirm Sarin in Iraqi Artillery Shell, May 19, 2004
(4) Department of Defense, Public Health Laboratory Services, Vol 2, No 6: Two U.S. Soldiers Exposed to Sarin Nerve Agent in Iraq, June 2004.
(5) Iraq Survey Group Final Report: Iraq’s Chemical Warfare Programme Annex F Detailed Preliminary Assessment of Chemical Weapons Findings, Chemical Munitions—Other Finds, Mar 10, 2008
(6) Washington Post: Iraqi Chemical Stash Uncovered Post-Invasion Cache Could Have Been For Use in Weapons By Ellen Knickmeyer, August 14, 2005
(7) Disarming Iraq, Hans Bilx, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (March 21, 2005)
(8) Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror, Richard Clarke, Free Press (September 14, 2004)
(9) Javid Ali, “Chemical Weapons in the Iran Iraq War: A Case Study in Non Compliance”, The Nonproliferation Review, Spring, 2001. Sited <March 2007>
(10) Saddam’s Secrets. Major General Geroges Sada,Thomas Nelson; Dallas, (January 1, 2006)
(11) The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission: Iraq’s chemical weapons Programme, Technical Report, No. S/2006/342, May 2006
(12) The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission: Iraq’s biological warfare Programme: Technical Report No. S/2005/545 ,August, 2005
(13) Ibid.
(14) The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission: Assessment of Iraq’s remotely piloted and unmanned aerial vehicle programmers, August 2004 S/2004/693
(15) The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission: Iraq’s biological warfare Programme: Technical Report No. S/2005/545 August, 2005
(16) Christian Selos, “Lessons from Iraq on Bio Weapons”, Nature 398, 187-188 March 18, 1999 cited <March 2007>
(17) The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, Annex S/2006/701 Overview of the chemical munitions recently found in Iraq, August, 2006
(18) The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission: Analysis of chemical munitions recovered in Iraq by coalition forces since 2003. Technical Report No S/2006/701 August, 2006
(19) World Net Daily, Saddam’s Secret Weapons Exports Iraqi dictator’s bombs used in war against south Sudanese Christians, Anthony C. LoBaido, January 28, 2001.
(20) Op Cit
(21) BBC World News: Poison cake kills Iraqi children, By Jim Muir
The UK government has flown antidote medicine to the Middle East after some Iraqis became seriously ill from eating cakes laced with the poison thallium.
(22) Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, US House of Representatives. The National Ground Intelligence Center, ‘Key Points’ of CLASSIFIED report, Chemical Weapons Recovered in Iraq, By John D Negroponte.
(23) The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission Annex S/2006/701 Overview of the chemical munitions recently found in Iraq
(24) Nuclear Weapon Archive.org: India’s Nuclear Weapons Program: Smiling Buddha: 1974
(25) The Guardian (UK) Brothers in arms – Israel’s secret pact with Pretoria, February 7, 2007
(26) Ibid
(27) George Washington University, National Security Affairs Archive, NSC memo: South Atlantic Nuclear Test October 22, 1979.
(28) CDI Russia Weekly #251 Up in Arms over Iraqi Arms, April 3, 2003.
(29) See Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19870601,00.html
(30, 31) Federation of American Scientists; Iraq’s Nuclear Reactors, Osiraq / Tammuz.
(32) Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS). Development of the Al-Tuwaitha Site
(33) Federation of American Scientists; al-Josiah/Al Kind General Establishment Jabber bin Hay an General Establishment
(34)Saddam’s Bombmaker. Khidhir Hamza, Jeff Stein, Scribner; New York, October 30, 2001
(35) The New York Times. U.S. Web Archive Is Said to Reveal a Nuclear Primer By William J Broad November 3, 2006
(36) Ibid.
(27) Ibid.
(37) Ibid.
(38) The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission: Chapter II The Structure of Iraq’s Proscribed Weapons Programmers (2006)
(39) Saddam’s Bombmaker. Khidhir Hamza, Jeff Stein (Ed. Translator) Scribner; New York, October 30, 2001
(40) Ibid
(41) The device would have included the high explosives used to manipulate the fissile materials, as well as the ‘physics package” the actual fissile material to fuel the explosion. Like the “Trinity” device tested by the US in 1945, Hamza’s “workable device” did not have the accessories to make it a deployable weapon: i.e.: a bomb casing, tail fins, barometric and radar fusing, internal power sources, handling hooks, trailers, etc.
(41) For a brief overview of fission weapons (atomic bombs) and thermonuclear weapons (hydrogen bombs) see here.
(42) Comrade J, Peter Earley, Putnam, New York (January 24, 2008)
(43) The Telegraph (UK). UN inspectors uncover proof of Saddam’s nuclear bomb plans By Con Coughlin 19 Jan 2003.
(44) USAF Institute for National Security Studies: Occasional Paper; Pretoria’s Nuclear Weapon experience. Lieutenant Colonel Roy E. Horton August 1999.
(45) Ibid
(46) Canberra B12s in service with 12 Squadron SAAF were modified to carry South Africa’s nuclear weapons. The British designed Canberra was a capable aircraft; it had good range, high altitude capability, and could keep up with any fighter of its day. The B12s’ internal bomb bay was perfect for fitting the large weapons and their related electronics.
(46) The Telegraph (UK). UN inspectors uncover proof of Saddam’s nuclear bomb plans By Con Coughlin 19 Jan 2003.
(47) The New York Times. U.S. Web Archive Is Said to Reveal a Nuclear Primer By William J Broad November 3, 2006
(48) Intelligence Summit: Public Address, Russian Spetsnaz moved Iraq WMD. Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense John A. Shaw, Arlington, VA, Feb. 19, 2006
(49) Ibid.
(50) New York Times, A Nation at War: Web Says Two Ex-Generals Visited Iraq Before the War By Sabrina Tavernise, April 4. 2003.
(51) Gezeta.ru. We didn’t fly to Baghdad to drink coffee, By Alexander Kornilov
(52) Ibid.
(53) Saddam’s Secrets. Major General Geroges Sada, Thomas Nelson; Dallas, (January 1, 2006)
(54) Eighth Gate: Israeli raid on Syria fuels speculation over Damascus’ WMD capability. September 22, 2007
(54) New York Times: Middle East Photos Show Cleansing of Suspect Syrian Site Satellite imagery of a facility in Syria in August 10, 2007 and October 24. By WILLIAM J. BROAD and MARK MAZZETTI, Published: October 26, 2007
SEAL Links
The National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
Navy SEAL and SWCC Official Site
Good Reads
Chuck isn’t the only talented writer in the family. Here’s what one critic says about the latest political thriller from Donald Pfarrer (Chuck’s uncle):
“Harrowing is the best way to describe Donald Pfarrer’s new novel, A Common Ordinary Murder, in which he does for the crime novel what he did a few years back for the Vietnam War novel (in his masterly work of fiction called The Fearless Man).”
– Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune and National Public Radio
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