[rdorman]

Mike, there is actually quite a bit of information out there. Some just declassified. If you look back through my posts and do some searches you can find it. From inspectors, to press, to generals, to intelligence agencies. As far as 'find' is concerned... you have to go into Syria, Lebanon, etc! Saddam and his top brass knew that they where going to get their a$$ handed to them. So did the Soviets. There was never a doubt. It is safe to say that Saddam and his top folks acted, sometimes individually, in the interest of self preservation (didn't always work, just ask Saddam). Steel was flowing out of Iraq at estimated rates of 10,000 tons a month coming up before the war. Other raw materials as well (including cash). I recall one inspector talking about how there was hardly any steel left after the invasion. If I was one of them, and knew that my country was going to fall, and that the U.S. was going to hunt me down, I would be looking for friends out of country any where I can find them. Need a place to hide and big dollar bribes go a long way. I doubt any one will ever really know the entire truth... at least not for a long, long time.