As our investigation of this story continued, we learned of a possible reason for Black Dog. In latre February 1991, an Iraqi Scud had landed in Israel. This clearly, in the light of the prevailing logic of Black Cat, to be sufficient reason to authorise Black Dog, I believe. The foregoing, it must be said, is powerful evidence that the US may have engaged in at least two chemical and biological warfare missions during the Gulf war. It is not, however, proof positive.
Caution is understandably a key-word amongst the journalistic fraternity.
Having personally worked on the foregoing story for almost nine months, and witnessed numerous editors, journalists and other media representatives shy-away from it for no good reason, I am inclined to conclude that this is one of those stories destined never to reach the light of day. The hell with that. Deep Times correspondent David Guyatt is a professional journalist. He has forsaken the big bucks of cooked news and fluff for the dangerous, and far less monitarily rewarding work you see here. Help us keep him in this role he fills so well by paying him for his work.