Saddam Gave Up All Iraqi WMD After First Gulf War

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So says the head of his nuclear program.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&e=9&u=/afp/20040811/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_weapons_britain_040811215315

LONDON (AFP) - Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) gave up all of Iraq (news - web sites)'s weapons of mass destruction in the wake of the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites), the scientist who headed his nuclear programme, Jaffar Dhia Jaffar, said in a BBC interview.

"There was no capability. There was no chemical or biological or any what are called weapons of mass destruction," said Jaffar in what BBC television called his first-ever broadcast interview.

Speaking in Paris, where he now lives, Jaffar -- who ran Saddam's nuclear programme for 25 years -- said there was "no development" of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons "at any time after 1991".

He said he knew that for a fact "because I am in touch with the people concerned."

Hmmm....

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1. They Knew

Despite the whitewash, we now know that the Bush administration was warned before the war that its Iraq claims were weak

by David Sirota and Christy Harvey, In These Times
August 3rd, 2004

If desperation is ugly, then Washington, D.C. today is downright hideous.

As the 9/11 Commission recently reported, there was “no credible evidence” of a collaborative relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda. Similarly, no weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq. With U.S. casualties mounting in an election year, the White House is grasping at straws to avoid being held accountable for its dishonesty.

The whitewash already has started: In July, Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee released a controversial report blaming the CIA for the mess. The panel conveniently refuses to evaluate what the White House did with the information it was given or how the White House set up its own special team of Pentagon political appointees (called the Office of Special Plans) to circumvent well-established intelligence channels. And Vice President Dick Cheney continues to say without a shred of proof that there is “overwhelming evidence” justifying the administration’s pre-war charges.

http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=6154