U.S. Inspector Says Iraq Had No Banned Weapons
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Iraq had no stockpiles of biological  and chemical weapons and its nuclear program had decayed before  last year's U.S.-led invasion, the chief U.S. weapons inspector  said on Wednesday, in findings contrary to prewar assertions of  the Bush administration.
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The 1991 Persian Gulf War and subsequent U.N. inspections destroyed Iraq's illicit weapons capability and, for the most part, Saddam Hussein did not try to rebuild it, according to an extensive report by the chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq.
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Saddam Hussein may not have had weapons of mass destruction before the US-led invasion but the chief US inspector found evidence that Iraqi insurgents have tried to develop them since.
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The final report of the chief U.S. arms inspector for Iraq is expected to undercut a principal Bush administration rationale for removing Saddam Hussein: that Saddam's Iraqi government had weapons of mass destruction. Weapons hunter Charles Duelfer will provide his findings Wednesday to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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After a year and a half in Iraq the United States has found no weapons of mass destruction; its chief argument for overthrowing the regime.
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U.N. inspectors said they had no  evidence that Iraq had developed drones capable of delivering  chemical or biological weapons, as the Bush administration  contended in making its case for war, according a report  obtained Tuesday.
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Private U.S. security contractor Blackwater USA denied on Saturday it was involved in illegally shipping automatic weapons and military goods to Iraq.
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Iraq will not take immediate steps to expel U.S. security firm Blackwater, under investigation over a shooting which killed 11 Iraqis a week ago, a government security official said on Sunday.
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Drafts of a report from the top US inspector in Iraq indicate there were no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, according to The AP.
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Saddam, America and France. The first headline on the Duelfer report, which was out yesterday, was that Saddam didn't have weapons of mass destruction ( search ). We all know that.
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WASHINGTON -- US officials from President Bush to a top general in Iraq said yesterday that there was no solid evidence that top officials in Iran had ordered deadly weapons to be sent to Iraq for use against American soldiers, backing away from claims made at a Baghdad presentation by military and intelligence officials earlier this week.
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The former UN chief weapons inspector, Hans Blix, has said the United States failed to control suspected nuclear sites in Iraq after last year&#39;s invasion, allowing crucial equipment to disappear.
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Contradicting the main argument for a war that has cost more than 1,000 American lives, the top U.S. arms inspector said Wednesday he found no evidence that Iraq produced any weapons of mass destruction after 1991. He also concluded that Saddam Hussein's capabilities to develop such weapon had dimmed &#151; not grown &#151; during a dozen years of sanctions before last year's U.S. invasion.
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WASHINGTON - Undercutting the Bush's administration's rationale for invading Iraq, the final report of the chief U.S. arms inspector concludes that Saddam Hussein did not vigorously pursue a program to develop weapons of mass destruction after international inspectors left Baghdad in 1998, an administration official said Wednesday...
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A draft report by the top U.S.  weapons inspector in Iraq concludes no stockpiles of weapons of  mass destruction were found, but there was evidence Saddam  Hussein intended to resurrect weapons programs, U.S. government  sources said on Thursday.
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(Washington-AP) Oct. 6, 2004 - The nation&#39;s top weapons inspector has pulled the rug out from under the Bush administration&#39;s main reason for going to war in Iraq.
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Description: The top US arms inspector contradicts the Bush administration&#39;s pre-war claims that Iraq had WMDs. After a 16-month investigation, Charles Duelfer concluded Saddam Hussein did not have the weapons but aspired to build them.