UN inspectors: Saddam shipped out WMD on eve of war:
The United Nations has determined that Saddam Hussein shipped weapons of mass destruction components as well as medium-range ballistic missiles before, during and after the U.S.-led war against Iraq in 2003.
The UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission briefed the Security Council on new findings that could help trace the whereabouts of Saddam's missile and WMD program.
The briefing contained satellite photographs that demonstrated the speed with which Saddam dismantled his missile and WMD sites before and during the war. Council members were shown photographs of a ballistic missile site outside Baghdad in May 2003, and then saw a satellite image of the same location in February 2004, in which facilities had disappeared
(from WorldTribune.com). You can read this WorldTribune.com article at the MichNews.com site. You can also read these:
- San Jose Mercury News article: Missile sites were emptied, U.N. is told
- or the Associated Press article at NEWS.com.au: UN uncovers banned weapons - http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9800858%255E1702,00.html
It seems Saddam Hussein had WMD in Iraq.
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