OK kids, let's review (since I have been through this argument so many times). The CIA did a very comprehensive study INSIDE Iraq after the war. They found no evidence (zero, natta, zip) of a current WMD program in Iraq....at least, not since 1991. Not only did they not have any WMDs, they didn't have the means to make them, no expertise, no infrastructure, etc. See the link below.
https://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq...004/index.html
Here are some clips of their findings:
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Key Findings
Iraq Survey Group (ISG) discovered further evidence of the maturity and significance of the pre-1991 Iraqi Nuclear Program but found that Iraq’s ability to reconstitute a nuclear weapons program progressively decayed after that date.
• Saddam Hussein ended the nuclear program in 1991 following the Gulf war. ISG found no evidence to suggest concerted efforts to restart the program.
• While a small number of old, abandoned chemical munitions have been discovered, ISG judges that Iraq unilaterally destroyed its undeclared chemical weapons stockpile in 1991. There are no credible indications that Baghdad resumed production of chemical munitions thereafter, a policy ISG attributes to Baghdad’s desire to see sanctions lifted, or rendered ineffectual, or its fear of force against it should WMD be discovered.
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Now, this is not from some newspaper article, fellas.
There is another set of reports from the Senate Select Intel Committee that cast serious doubts on much of the HUMINT coming out of Iraq regarding the alleged WMD programs. They state (Conclusion #2, Pg 113)
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the Iraqi National Congress attempted to influence US policy on Iraq by providing false information through defectors to convince the US that Iraq was pursuing WMDs and had links to terrorists."
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http://intelligence.senate.gov/phaseiiaccuracy.pdf
http://intelligence.senate.gov/phaseiiinc.pdf
One last point (for smitty, Gix, and Diz), if it is really a possibility that Syria has some or all of Saddam's dreaded WMD arsenal, then why are we just sitting with our thumbs up our asses? We are pressuring Iran and N. Korea....why not Syria? Maybe because the Bush Administration has faced reality....at least when it comes to Iraq's WMDs....or lack thereof. Not to mention....do you really think they could've moved them into Syria without us detecting this mass movement??
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