Another Inflammatory Remark by Ari

White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer continued with Bush's misinformation and fabrications by lying about the missiles that Hussein is currently dismantling. From a Washington Post article:

Administration officials have dismissed the missile destruction, which continued with another half-dozen yesterday, bringing the total to 16 destroyed out of an estimated 100 in Iraq's possession. One called it a "distraction" designed to deflect attention from Baghdad's failure to disarm fully. Fleischer insisted, erroneously, that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein "denied he had these weapons," and cited the deception as one of the many reasons why Hussein could not be trusted. In fact, the Al Samoud-2s were among the few new items listed in an Iraqi weapons declaration submitted to the Security Council in December, and their destruction Saturday began on schedule in accordance with Blix's demands.