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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:17 PM
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Who was responsible for the term "Winnebagos of Death" ?
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=79784&page=1

Inspectors' Worst Fear: Winnebagos of Death

<snip>Civilian experts and government officials say Iraq has put many of its weapons laboratories on wheels, making them not only nearly impossible to detect and destroy, but also posing a grave threat in the event of war.

The weapons labs might be hidden in anything from 18-wheel tractor-trailers to recreational vehicles to bread trucks — making a search for them in Baghdad, a city of 5 million, as futile as last month's search in Washington for white-paneled trucks driven by the Beltway sniper.

In a recent address to the National Press Club, Gen. Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned "there is evidence to support mobile production capability for chemical and biological weapons {in Iraq}."

Even more worrisome, experts say, is the fact that these mobile weapons labs, which a report in the Los Angeles Times dubbed "Winnebagos of Death," could be ready at a moment's notice.

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TerdlowSmedley Donating Member (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:31 PM
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1. Didn't Colin Powell trot out that theory in his vaudeville act at
the UN, which was subsequently revealed to be total bullshit?
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:32 PM
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2. First thing that come up on google
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:36 PM
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3. I always think of "Stripes" when I hear that...
The Urban Assault Vehicle...



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