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Iraq Is Hiding Evidence
Conversation between twoIraqi military officers,November 26, 2002
Col: we have this modifiedvehicle…..
Gen: I’m worried you all havesomething left.
Col: We evacuated everything.We don’t have anything left.
Iraqi trucks removingmaterials from sites tobe inspected
Iraq Is Muzzling Its Scientists
Individuals with access reportdocuments are being hiddenin private homes and cars
Saddam has:– Arrested scientists
– Forced scientists to signdocumentsacknowledging thatdivulging information ispunishable by death
– Even issued a falsedeath certificate for onescientist.
Documentsfound in thehome of anIraqiscientist
Iraq Is Hiding Dangerous Weapons
After inspectors revealed hisearlier biological program,Saddam built biologicalweapons factories on wheels
Instructions relayed to anofficer in the field,January 2003
A: Capt. Ibrahim?
B: I am with you, sir.
A: Remove.. the expression…
nerve agents… whenever it
comes up.. in the wireless
instructions.
B: Consider it done, sir.
Iraq Still Seeks Nuclear Weapons
Iraq ordered aluminum tubesfrom 11 countries withspecifications much higherthan needed for rockets
Through a complexnetwork of frontcompanies, Iraq hasbeen ordering magnets,balancing machines andother equipment, alongwith the tubes, used toenrich uranium
Iraq Is Harboring Terrorists,Including Al Qaida
A senior Al Qaida associate and collaborator, Al Zarqawi,established a network of poison cells centered on Iraq
Iraq Has Refused To Disarm Peacefully
• Iraq’s actions to hide and cover up evidenceconstitute a deliberate campaign to prevent anymeaningful inspection work.
• We believe Iraq is in material breach of UN SecurityCouncil Resolution 1441.
• Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction are a real andpresent danger to the people of Iraq, its neighborsand the world.
• Terrorist groups could use these horrible weaponsanywhere in the world.