A link, please, to the US WMD report...

[tekriter]

I need to supply a beating to a freeper co-worker today.

He keeps going on about how we had to get rid of Saddam and his WMDs, yadda yadda etc. I reminded him that our own weapons inspector reported that there ain't none to be found, and that Iraq was "substantially in compliance" if I remember right, with the UN resolutions.

Can anybody help me out here today? I can't even remember our inspector's name, for cryin' out loud.

[niyad]

1. scott ritter

[niyad]

3. a link to one of the stories:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/21/iraq.weapons/

[Ignacio Upton]

2. Try this article for Charles Duelfer:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12115-2004Oct6.html

[Ignacio Upton]

4. Here are two interesting paragraphs

Snip- "Charles A. Duelfer, whom the Bush administration chose to complete the U.S. investigation of Iraq's weapons programs, said Hussein's ability to produce nuclear weapons had "progressively decayed" since 1991. Inspectors, he said, found no evidence of "concerted efforts to restart the program." -Snip

Snip- "The findings were similar on biological and chemical weapons. While Hussein had long dreamed of developing an arsenal of biological agents, his stockpiles had been destroyed and research stopped years before the United States led the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Duelfer said Hussein hoped someday to resume a chemical weapons effort after U.N. sanctions ended, but had no stocks and had not researched making the weapons for a dozen years." - Snip

[tekriter]

5. That one will do it!

I couldn't remember the name of the guy who put out the final report.

And, didn't we have one guy over there who quit looking because it had become a waste of time?

[GrpCaptMandrake]

6. Here's a good question for a freepazoid

If Saddam had WMDs, then why did Mohammed al-Barradei just win the Nobel Peace Prize instead of Dear Leader? After all, al-Barradei said there were no WMDs and we didn't need a war. Dim Son said there were, and the rest is history.

B-t-w, the freeper won't confess, but you'll have a high ol' time watching him froth about "libruls" and "morans" and "the traitors at the UN." You can't buy entertainment that good!

[mnmoderatedem]

7. If he prefers video

CNN's Dead Wrong was pretty good. I don't think it's "available" anywhere, so hopefully you can find it from someone who taped it. Failing that, "Uncovered:The Whole Truth Behind the War in Iraq" is probably at his local Blockbuster Video. It's also very good.

[bluedawg12]

8. here is some info:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2177082&mesg_id=2177082

Here is what the UN Inspectors Blix (UNSCOM) and ELBARADEI (IAEA) said in 2003. Although they had not ruled out WMD’s, they also had NOT found any. And noted their investigation was going well. Thus, the rush to war and shunting the inspectors aside makes no sense.

International weapons inspectors:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/01/27/sprj.irq.transcript.blix/
Transcript of Blix's remarks
Monday, January 27, 2003 Posted

>“The Implementation Resolution 687, nevertheless, brought about considerable disarmament results. It has been recognized that more weapons of mass destruction were destroyed under this resolution than were destroyed during the Gulf War. Large quantities of chemical weapons were destroyed under UNSCOM supervision before 1994.

These reports do not contend that weapons of mass destruction remain in Iraq, but nor do they exclude that possibility. They point to a lack of evidence and inconsistencies which raise question marks which must be straightened out if weapons dossiers are to be closed and confidence is to arise. They deserve to be taken seriously by Iraq, rather than being brushed aside as evil machinations of UNSCOM.

Mr. President, we now have an inspection apparatus that permits us to send multiple inspections teams every day all over Iraq by road or by air. Let me end by simply noting that that capability, which has been built up in a short time and which is now operating, is at the disposal of the Security Council. “ <

http://www.themoderntribune.com/hans_blix_report_to_un_february_14_2003_full_text_-_war_on_iraq_-_inspections.htm

Below is the Summary of Key Points is the complete text of the report by Hans Blix to the United Nations on February 14, 2003.

>Summary of Key Points
BLIX'S POINTS
• No convincing evidence that Iraqis have known in advance of inspectors' plans
• U.N. weapons inspectors have found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but won't rule out the possibility they may exist
• Not clear that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell conclusively demonstrated illicit movement of arms

ELBARADEI'S POINTS
Inspectors have so far found no evidence of nuclear weapons, but are still investigation
Iraq has provided immediate access to all inspection locations <
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1767468
Blix: Lack of 'Critical Judgment' Led to Iraq War

"If you sentence someone to death or you sentence someone to war, you'd better have some evidence," Blix tells NPR's Bob Edwards. "And we didn't feel there was evidence..."

[tekriter]

9. Thank you all very much...

you gave me what I needed!