Sarin Gas II

The first time the Seattle Times reported on the discovery of sarin gas, the front-page, below the fold headline was "Gas Discovered May Be Sarin". One week later the gas was indeed confirmed as sarin in a small item hidden in the Iraq Digest section of the paper.

This time around, apparently the discovery of new WMD's doesn't even rate the front page. In fact, it's a small story on page A19 of today's paper. The Times also does all it can in the text to minimize the story. The second paragraph starts "The shells, which date from before Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, were undergoing further testing because initial tests can be misleading". I love the part about being dated before 1990. I believe the Times added this to minimize their importance in that they were manufactured before the post-Gulf War UN resolutions banning WMD's (as if their manufacture date has ANY relevance whatsoever).

Like the first sarin gas story, if the Seattle Times even actually bothers to confirm that the gas is sarin, it will again likely be some time later and hidden.

I still routinely read liberals complaining that no WMD's have been found in Iraq. Apparently, shells filled with sarin are not good enough. But, this sarin issue IS HUGE for both political reasons and most importantly, for the safety of our troops. Hiding it on page A19 demonstrates, more than most other recent examples, the profound liberal bias of the Seattle Times.