Scott Ritter, booty inspector

[Ed Anger]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8460340.stm

Ex-UN weapons inspector charged with child sex offence
Scott Ritter
Scott Ritter denies the charges against him

A former UN weapons inspector is facing charges of unlawful sexual contact with a minor after being caught in an online sex sting, court officials have said.

Scott Ritter, an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, is alleged to have exchanged sexual messages with a police officer posing as a 15-year-old girl.

The 48-year-old, who resigned in 1998 after seven years as a weapons inspector, has denied the charges.

A court official said the charges were made against Mr Ritter in January.

The charges have been filed with a local court in Pennsylvania though Mr Ritter lives in New York state.

"The allegations are that the defendant exposed himself and performed a sex act over a webcam," Deputy Assistant District Attorney Michael Rakaczewski, of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, told the BBC.

He confirmed that Mr Ritter was freed on bail after a preliminary hearing on 17 December. A trial is expected to begin in March, he said.

If found guilty, Mr Rakaczewski said, the former weapons inspector could face up to seven years in jail.

Officials say they traced the exchange using a mobile phone he gave them, reports say.

Mr Ritter declined to comment Thursday to reporters outside his home, AP news agency said.

lolz

[CountDeMoney]

I fail to see the humor in this.

[Ed Anger]

I fail to see the humor in this.

Scotty got busted in a Burger king for this kiddie fucking shit back in '03. I might be the only person to remember.

[CountDeMoney]

I fail to see the humor in this.

Scotty got busted in a Burger king for this kiddie fucking shit back in '03. I might be the only person to remember.

No, I remember.  And I failed to see the humor in that, either.

[Tonitrus]

[Admiral Yi]

Dude was still the only one in the universe who was right about WMD.

[Ed Anger]

Dude was still the only one in the universe who was right about WMD.

He may have been, but he aligned himself with those ANSWER freaks. So I'm making fun of him.

[alfred russel]

Dude was still the only one in the universe who was right about WMD.

An insane man ranting and raving is bound to be right about some things. I remember seeing him on television shortly before the invasion saying it would be a disaster and that the American military would probably be destroyed before ever reaching Baghdad.

[CountDeMoney]

I remember seeing him on television shortly before the invasion saying it would be a disaster and that the American military would probably be destroyed before ever reaching Baghdad.

Link plz

[alfred russel]

I remember seeing him on television shortly before the invasion saying it would be a disaster and that the American military would probably be destroyed before ever reaching Baghdad.

Link plz

To a television show from 2003?

[CountDeMoney]

I remember seeing him on television shortly before the invasion saying it would be a disaster and that the American military would probably be destroyed before ever reaching Baghdad.

Link plz

To a television show from 2003?

You said it.  You back it up.
You don't dis the Rittermench without evidence.

[alfred russel]

You said it.  You back it up.
You don't dis the Rittermench without evidence.

I just spent the past 15 minutes searching through child porn charges and anti war diatribes to find this:

http://www.news24.com/Content/World/Archives/IraqiDossier/1072/80023f839e0541b9a8ee29954b4970a5/26-03-2003-04-03/US_defeat_in_Iraq_inevitable

US defeat in Iraq 'inevitable'
2003-03-26 16:03
650 Iraqis killed at Najaf
US urges Iraqis not
to revolt
Saddam: Don't wait for orders - kill the enemy
Troops face urban warfare
Missiles claim lives in market
US missiles hit market

Lisbon - The United States does not have the military means to take over Baghdad and will lose the war against Iraq, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter said.

"The United States is going to leave Iraq with its tail between its legs, defeated. It is a war we can not win," he told private radio TSF in an interview broadcast here on Tuesday evening.

"We do not have the military means to take over Baghdad and for this reason I believe the defeat of the United States in this war is inevitable," he said.

War 'already lost'

"Every time we confront Iraqi troops we may win some tactical battles, as we did for ten years in Vietnam, but we will not be able to win this war, which in my opinion is already lost," Ritter added.

Stiffening Iraqi resistance as US-led forces close in on Baghdad have prompted questions about the strategy to use precision air power and a smaller, fast moving ground force to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Some military analysts have said there are not enough allied troops in Iraq to take control of Baghdad, where Saddam Hussein's elite troops are said to be concentrated, and that the planning of the war was overly optimistic.

No plans to send more troops

But British Prime Minister Tony Blair told parliament Wednesday the United States and Britain believe they have "sufficient forces" in Iraq and London was not planning to send reinforcements to the country at this stage.

A combination of bad weather and heavy fighting in central Iraq has slowed the advance of coalition troops marching on Baghdad.

Ritter resigned in August 1998 after accusing both Washington and the United Nations of not doing enough to support the weapons inspectors.

Since leaving the UN weapons inspectors team he has become an outspoken critic of US policies towards Iraq.

[CountDeMoney]

I just spent the past 15 minutes searching through child porn charges and anti war diatribes to find this:

Hmmm, that article looks like it would take about 15 minutes to compose.   

I AM NOT CONVINCED

[grumbler]

I remember seeing him on television shortly before the invasion saying it would be a disaster and that the American military would probably be destroyed before ever reaching Baghdad.

Link plz

Cannot vouch for the reliability of this lik http://www.news24.com/Content/World/Archives/IraqiDossier/1072/80023f839e0541b9a8ee29954b4970a5/26-03-2003-04-03/US_defeat_in_Iraq_inevitable but it supports AF's contentions.

Edit;  nevermind. 

[alfred russel]

Here is a report from another speech he gave in the same timeframe:

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0328-09.htm