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Report contradicts Iraqi claims
Washington Times ^ | 1/28/03 | Rowan Scarborough

Posted on 01/27/2003 10:03:31 PM PST by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:00:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The six-page statement that chief weapons inspector Hans Blix submitted yesterday provides numerous examples of Iraqi assertions that do not square with evidence found by U.N. investigators and adds the disclosure of 6,500 missing chemical bombs.

Other instances of Baghdad's noncompliance with U.N. resolutions include 380 illegally imported rocket engines for banned ballistic missiles, Iraq's continued development of deadly VX gas and its inability to show it has destroyed its anthrax arsenal.


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1 posted on 01/27/2003 10:03:31 PM PST by kattracks
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He said Iraq repeatedly tells skeptical inspectors that all documents pertaining to the prohibited weapons were destroyed with the weapons.

"My dog ate it! Praise Allah!"

2 posted on 01/27/2003 10:16:58 PM PST by SerfsUp
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