No Weapons of Mass Destruction - Official
October 8, 2004 10:00 AM
The Iraq Survey Group has reported that there are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, given that this was the basis for going to war in Iraq it would appear the British, and America, public was lied to. The report concludes Saddam Hussein did not have any chemical or biological weapons in 2003. He almost certainly disposed of any stockpiles 12 years ago, when UN sanctions were imposed after the Gulf war. The last factory capable of producing unconventional weapons was destroyed by UN inspectors in 1996. Saddam's ability to produce nuclear weapons was receding, not increasing, on the eve of war in March 2003.
Charles Kennedy, Leader of the Liberal Democrats said "The Iraq Survey Group report has conclusively shown that Saddam Hussein did not have any weapons of mass destruction and had no programmes to create such weapons. It has proved that the policy of containment was working. It is now clear that we did not go to war as a last resort.The Prime Minister must come to the House of Commons and make a full statement as a matter of urgency to explain why this country went to war on a false premise."
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