Report: Saddam (was) Not in Pursuit of Weapons -(Undercuts Bush Rationale)

[papau]

Cheney - Aug. 26, 2002 - "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction...There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies and against us."

Bush - Oct. 7, 2002 - "It possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons."


http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20041006_756.html

Report: Saddam Not in Pursuit of Weapons
Report Finds Saddam Didn't Pursue Weapons Program, Undercuts Bush Rationale for Invading Iraq

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON Oct. 6, 2004 — 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 when international inspectors left Baghdad in 1998, an administration official said Wednesday.
In drafts, weapons hunter Charles Duelfer concluded that Saddam's Iraq had no stockpiles of the banned weapons but said he found signs of idle programs that Saddam could have revived once international attention waned.

"It appears that he did not vigorously pursue those programs after the inspectors left," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity in advance of the report's release.

Duelfer, head of the Iraq Survey Group, was providing his findings Wednesday to the Senate Armed Services Committee. His team has compiled a 1,500-page report. Duelfer's predecessor, David Kay, who quit last December, also found no evidence of weapons stockpiles.<snip>

McClellan said: "The report will continue to show that he was a gathering threat that needed to be taken seriously, that it was a matter of time before he was going to begin pursuing those weapons of mass destruction."<snip>

[Ducks In A Row]

1. but what about Saddam's doodle pad...

it was filled with PLANS!!!!!!