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Friday, June 03, 2005

More (Non-existent) Iraqi Weapons Equipment Missing

Not again! It is getting very hard for America-bashers to walk the fine line that WMD equipment never existed in Iraq and therefore, "Bush lied." UN experts say that equipment that could be used to make WMDs and long-range missiles have gone missing from 109 Iraqi sites.
[Weapons inspector Demetrius] Perricos said analysts found, for example, that 53 of the 98 vessels that could be used for a wide range of chemical reactions had disappeared. “Due to its characteristics, this equipment can be used for the production of both commercial chemicals and chemical warfare agents and their precursors,” he said.

But according to the report 37 of 405 fermenters ranging in size from eight to 5,000 litres had been removed. Those could be used to produce pharmaceuticals and vaccines as well as biological warfare agents such as anthrax.

WMD equipment? What WMD equipment?