Letter to the Editor: Sada's claims
By Kenny Belford, Tulsa on Sep 18, 2013, at 2:21 AM Updated on 9/18/13 at 5:40 AM
Letters to the Editor
Re: Baby Veronica story: Isn't it just a little odd that the same attorneys in Oklahoma City and South Carolina and the adoption agency are the same parties in the Desaray case in Oklahoma City and are now representing the Capobiancos.
In a recent interview on the Sports Illustrated website of Thayer Evans by a fellow Sports Illustrated reporter, Evans responded to a question about any bias he has against Oklahoma State University by denying it and calling such a concept "laughable." He claims no bias whatsoever.
In his letter, ("No One Listened," Aug. 31) Robert Leppelmeir made some inaccurate claims, inaccurate conclusions and key omissions. His intent was to exonerate George W. Bush for his war against Iraq.
The basis for his letter is claims made by Georges Sada, a former Iraqi Air Force general. Sada has made a new career promoting his book and giving speeches in the U.S.
Leppelmeir claims Saddam's weapons of mass destruction were flown out of Iraq to Syria before the war was launched.
It's important to note that Sada left the Iraqi Air Force not long after 1990, that's 13 years before Bush started his war. Sada bases his claims, not with any firsthand knowledge, not with any verifiable facts, but rather stating that some unnamed Iraqi captains told him that.
Even with the remote possibility that his unnamed sources are correct, Sada claims that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq at the time Bush made all his claims and launched his war.
Leppelmeir stated, "The media ignored (Sada) because that would have exonerated President Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq."
Sada never provided one trace of verification to support his claims, and none could be found. They're just unsubstantiated claims, much like absurd urban rumors that begin with, "I have a neighbor who has a cousin..."
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Letters to the Editor
Re: Baby Veronica story: Isn't it just a little odd that the same attorneys in Oklahoma City and South Carolina and the adoption agency are the same parties in the Desaray case in Oklahoma City and are now representing the Capobiancos.
In a recent interview on the Sports Illustrated website of Thayer Evans by a fellow Sports Illustrated reporter, Evans responded to a question about any bias he has against Oklahoma State University by denying it and calling such a concept "laughable." He claims no bias whatsoever.
