Reply #41: CIA Revising Pre-Invasion Iraq Arms Intel

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=513&ncid=691&e=4&u=/ap/20050202/ap_on_go_ot/cia_iraq_weapons


The CIA is preparing retrospective reports to officially revise what proved to be faulty intelligence on Iraq 's weapons capabilities before the 2003 invasion.

Among them is a document no more than a dozen pages entitled "Iraq: No Large-Scale Chemical Warfare Efforts Since Early 1990s," said an intelligence official familiar with the process, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The report concludes that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein gave up his chemical weapons program after the 1991 Gulf War.

The Bush administration used the existence of weapons of mass destruction — chemical, biological and nuclear weapons — as a leading justification to overthrow the Iraqi government