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09/06/2003 Archived Entry: "WMD Update: There aren't any."
WMD Update: There aren't any.
This article makes me wonder just what Whistle Ass will be talking about tomorrow night. I'm starting to think that the phrase 'weapons of mass destruction' will not pass his lips, in favor the phrase 'freeing the Iraqi people.'
Weapons hunters in Iraq have found what they interpret as evidence of Iraqi preparations to secretly produce chemical and biological weapons, some Pentagon officials say.But as the postwar weapons hunt enters its sixth month, it remains unclear whether they have found or ever will any evidence that Iraq had actually made such weapons or whether it simply was prepared to do so.
So far, the Bush administration has not announced anything that would validate the bulk of its prewar assertions about Iraq.
"What we have not yet shown, and what really counts, was that there were major, ongoing programs at the time we invaded Iraq," said Anthony Cordesman, an Iraq expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
The evidence of Iraqi preparations that the teams have found so far points to plans for weapons production that was to take place primarily at "dual-use" manufacturing facilities inside Iraq, the U.S. officials said. These are buildings with an overt, legitimate purpose, such as making pesticides or pharmaceuticals, but their equipment also can be used to make weapons.
No weapons have been reported found.
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Pardon my naivete, but to me "WMDs" would mean 100 missiles in blast-hardened silos with warheads packed with chemical or biological agents.
It would appear that I have more dangerous chemicals in the cabinet beneath my kitchen sink than there are in all of Iraq.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 09/07/2003 12:59 AM NY
havnt you heard, now thanks to the patriot act, running a meth lab counts as manufacturing weapons of mass destruction. if they find any amphetamines in iraq they have all the proof they needed. hell, now that americans have mastered the concept of DOUBLE-THINK he can just say that he never said anything about WMD. 70something% of americans now believe that saddam planned 9/11. any depth of self delusion is possible at this point
Posted by justin @ 09/07/2003 08:18 PM NY
