Tiger Al 0 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites), who made the case to the world that pre-war Iraq (news - web sites) had stocks of chemical and biological weapons, said on Monday he now thought these will probably never be found. "I think it's unlikely that we will find any stockpiles," Powell told lawmakers when asked about the intelligence behind his Feb. 5, 2003, U.N. Security Council speech laying out U.S. arguments for the war with Iraq that began six weeks later. Powell's latest comments appeared to be his most explicit to date suggesting that the central argument for President Bush (news - web sites)'s decision to invade Iraq -- the belief it possessed weapons of mass destruction -- was flawed. As early as January Powell said it was an "open question" whether or not such arms would be found and he conceded the possibility Iraq might not have had any when the war began. While he had reservations about the state of Iraq's efforts to obtain nuclear weapons when he spoke before the U.N. Security Council in February 2003, Powell insisted at that time that it had stocks of both biological and chemical weapons. "There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more," Powell said then, at one point holding up a vial of simulated biological agent -- an image broadcast around the world. "Our conservative estimate is that Iraq today has a stockpile of between 100 and 500 tons of chemical weapons agent," he said at the time. LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
channonc 466 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Al, didn't you hear. The State Department isn't part of Bush's administration. Powell is trying to get him out of office along with the rest of the agency!!!! :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Al 0 Posted September 14, 2004 Author Share Posted September 14, 2004 Al, didn't you hear. The State Department isn't part of Bush's administration. Powell is trying to get him out of office along with the rest of the agency!!!! :roll: I think Rumsfeld is actually the Sec of State. Diplomacy is best conducted at gunpoint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCTAU 3,336 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Yawn! Still losing the election. Please go ahead and eat the spaghetti. Its not sticking to the wall yet, but I can assure you its ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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