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...where did the WMDs...
...Iraq on March 19, that "Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised." Nor to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's claim, on March 30 that "We know where the WMDs are; they're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad." Nor, for that matter, to Secretary of State Colin Powell's insistence, at the UN Security Council, that "a missile brigade outside Baghdad was dispersing rocket launchers and warheads containing biological warfare agent to various locations, distributing them to various locations...
...about a later intelligence assessment that concluded a war would actually make it easier for terrorists to get their hands on Saddam's arsenal. Blair told the committee he judged that risk was less than that of giving Saddam more time to forge a link between terrorists and his wmds - but one risk he avoided was letting M.P.s and the public in on the internal debate. The committee drew blood from Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon. He testified that dissent about the dossier among Ministry of Defence analysts was minimal, despite knowing that two had written formal complaints. Only when these...
...world he'd never seen." His suicide, this official believes, was not an expression of shame, but the irrational conclusion of a depressed mind. The untimely death of a good man caught in a war between the government and the BBC - "someone who did more to get rid of WMDs in Iraq than Blair or Bush ever did," in the words of the official - ironically gives both of them an out. If Kelly told Gilligan one thing about Campbell and his bosses another, both sides can claim they were operating in good faith. Blair, calling for "respect and restraint," swiftly...
...President, dismissing claims that intelligence about Saddam Hussein's WMDS was manipulated...