Iraqis in their own words:
"I would like to meet President Bush and tell him 'you claimed that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, and this is the evidence you occupied this country for this reason. So, what's your evidence now? Did you find the weapons of mass destruction?' No, it's occupation, colonialism." -- Turki al-Jaburi
The following are quotes from Khaled Francis, an iraqi scientist involved in Iraq's chemical weapons program.
"You know, all these matters have been exaggerated.
"After the Gulf War, they disconnected the whole program. They changed the program to pesticides and herbicides and other products. As I know, they destroyed all the weapons they had.'"
In responding to a question as to how he knew that all the weapons programs were dismantled he replied:
"Because most of the people working on the destruction of these weapons are my friends, my colleagues and we discuss about it. I was working in the research center. This is the most important center in the whole office, and we know what's going on outside."
When questioned about whether or not he thought that there were any later attempts to restart the chemical weapons programs he responded:
"If they wanted to do it, they could, because the most important [element] is the people who are working in this field, and it needs very simple tools. No need for complicated instruments or anything. But, as I know, there was not any idea to re-start the program again."1
As a reminder, here is a bit of Kay's testimony before the Armed Services Committee:
Levin: In your opinion, Iraq did not have large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons in 2002, is that correct?
Kay: That's correct Senator.
Levin: Do you have any evidence that they had any stockpiles, large or small in 2002?
Kay: Simply have no evidence.2
Sources:
1. Sonja Pace Baghdad RealMedia stream 10 02 2004
2. Transcript of Dr. David Kay's Testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee of 28 10 2004
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