Report Discounts Iraqi Arms Threat
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Charles Duelfer, the chief US weapons investigator in Iraq, told Congress today that Saddam Hussein destroyed his stocks of chemical and biological weapons and agents in 1991 and 1992 and
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The report also concluded that Iraq's ability to produce illicit weapons had eroded by the time of the U.S. invasion in 2003.
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Britain says a CIA report that concludes Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction before the US-led invasion last year nonetheless confirms that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein posed a threat that could not be ignored.
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US President George W. Bush on Thursday defended his decision to go to war against the &quot;unique threat&quot; of Iraq, despite an official US report that Baghdad did not have weapons of mass destruction, as a Shiite militia pledged to disarm.
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Along with a recent spike in deadly violence in Iraq, a classified US government report paints a bleak picture of Iraq&#39;s immediate future.
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The assessment contrasted with statements by President George W. Bush before the invasion, when he cited a growing threat from Iraqâs weapons of mass destruction as the reason for overthrowing President Saddam Hussein.
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A nationwide arms amnesty will be held in Iraq, to be announced next week, according to reports. National security adviser Kassin Daoud told Reuters that the move is aimed at stemming the flow of arms to the
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WASHINGTON -- The government's most definitive account of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs, to be released today, will show that Saddam Hussein posed a diminishing threat at the time the United States invaded and did not possess nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons or have concrete plans to develop them, US officials said yesterday.
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An official US report saying Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction when US-led forces invaded has intensified the debate about justification for the war.
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A draft report by the top US weapons inspector in Iraq has offered a detailed examination of Saddam Hussein&#39;s intentions to produce chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, but no evidence that stockpiles existed at the time of the US invasion of Iraq.
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WASHINGTON - Contradicting the main argument for a war that has cost more than 1,000 American lives, the top U.S. arms inspector reported Wednesday that he found no evidence that Iraq produced any weapons of mass destruction after 1991...
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Faced with a harshly critical new report, President Bush conceded Thursday that Iraq did not have the stockpiles of banned weapons he had warned of before the invasion last
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In a report to be released today, a panel of experts assembled by the U.S. Institute of Peace calls for a 50 percent reduction in U.S. forces in Iraq within three years and a total withdrawal and handover of security to the Iraqi military in five years.
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In Washington, in the tense months before war in Iraq, Charles Duelfer was confident. &#39;&#39;Of course he is developing his weapons of mass destruction,&#39;&#39; the American arms expert wrote of Saddam Hussein.
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The Bush administration yesterday launched a campaign to blunt the effect of a report that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction by arguing that the findings still justify the decision to invade Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced plans Monday to extend a cash-for-weapons program for Shiite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City to cities nationwide in an attempt to disarm the country. U.S...
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The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and other anti terrorist efforts could cost the country $2.4 trillion over the next ten years, according to a report Wednesday.