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Iraq's germ weaponry upgraded
Washington Times ^ | Saturday, December 28, 2002 | AP

Posted on 12/27/2002 11:34:06 PM PST by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:59:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Biological weapons are among the few capabilities Iraq has improved since being defeated by a U.S.-led coalition in the 1991 Persian Gulf war, government officials say.

Working under the noses of U.N. inspectors from 1991 to 1998, President Saddam Hussein's government probably developed mobile germ-warfare labs and processes to create dried bacteria for deadlier and longer-lasting weapons, U.S. officials and former weapons inspectors say.


(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biowarfare; warlist
Saturday, December 28, 2002

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1 posted on 12/27/2002 11:34:06 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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2 posted on 12/28/2002 12:51:12 AM PST by Sabertooth
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"Before the inspectors were forced to leave Iraq, they concluded that Iraq could have produced 26,000 liters of anthrax. That is three times the amount Iraq had declared," Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said recently. "Yet the Iraqi declaration is silent on this stockpile, which alone would be enough to kill several million people."

Why are the American media not shouting this on the television news every day ...? Answer: The major networks are biased and want to cause the Bush White House to suffer political damage.

3 posted on 12/28/2002 1:41:38 AM PST by ex-Texan
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4 posted on 12/28/2002 1:50:51 AM PST by backhoe
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5 posted on 12/28/2002 8:51:44 AM PST by Free the USA
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6 posted on 12/28/2002 9:14:52 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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7 posted on 12/28/2002 10:40:17 AM PST by The Obstinate Insomniac
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8 posted on 12/28/2002 8:57:17 PM PST by sarasmom
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