Are we still looking for weapons of mass destruction?

Question

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Answer 1

Probably are and might even find some but the truth is it does not matter' legally Saddam Hussein broke the case fir ending the Gulf War when he did not allow independent verification as required.  Just got too cocky after thumbing his nose at it for too long and got his hand slapped permanently.

Answer 2

Yes. We continue to find new stores constantly.

Answer 3

Well we know that Saddam had chemical weapons because Britain and USA supplied them to him to use on Iran. He was at that time considered an ally on UK/US - and he was supplied with satellite intelligence, training, weapons and equipment.( perhaps a bit like the Georgia President in todays news - who is also propped up militarily by the west)

And we know that he used those weapons on the Kurds, but we don't know if he used all of them.

We also knew that those weapons deteriorate over time - because they were our weapons. I understand it's 10 years maximum - but I'm not 100% on that one.

When USA/Britain started putting pressure on Saddam you can bet satellites were tracking all activities in Iraq. So they would have known where his chemical and biological weapons were.Remember we had been monitoring Iraq since the 90's because of the sanctions  (and the oil for food programme).

The strange thing is that when the ground offensive was launched in Iraq in 2003 not all the British and American troops had protective equipment. Whereas you would think that if we went in under the pretext that he had chemical/biological weapons - you would think that there would be a chance he might use them on our troops. You may remember British soldiers complained they didn't even have suitable boots for the terrain !

After the invasion, a team was appointed to go and search for the WMD, but they were disbanded (I think after 3 months - I can't remember now - between 1 month and 4 months)

And now 5 years after no WMD have been found.

You have to draw your own conclusions whether there were any.  

Answer 4

Yes.

Answer 5

the true story is not over... it won't be known for many years, since a lot of it is in the military secret world, something kept away from you civilians..

example:

remember the public wasn't told of the nuclear warheads that were IN Cuba during the 1962 missile crisis until AFTER almost 25 years later...

...back then the American people were told we were blockading Cuba to PREVENT the nuclear warheads to get there...NOT that they were already there...!

also look at the piece I wrote about it in  my military/history blog:

http://louis-ltpsite.blogspot.com/

20 years of service in secret US Navy Submarine Force here...

Answer 6

I think the evidence (dead bodies) of the nerve gas proved WMD's.

Answer 7

Yes, the desert is a very large place, we are looking for all we can find. A lot of people over looked the reports early on about some that were found. Keep in mind this:

Lack of the Military verifying or denying the retrieval of WMDs to the world does not mean none were found. The world had proof ( WMDs are NOT JUST Nuclear in nature They include Biological, chemical, conventional explosives), Saddam's gassing of the Kurds was proof of WMDs!

Vet-USAF

Answer 8

Since you are British, I take it you mean are the British still looking.  No, they made a deal with the enemy to close their eyes to anything they do.

Answer 9

Yes, sure - it passes the time.  

Answer 10

We have found 2 up till now, Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling.

Answer 11

Saddam did kill innocents with gas (WMD) but it is widely speculated that Iraq destroyed them after the first gulf war due to international pressure (why did we not take the evil b*****d out there and then?) but just because none have been found does not mean WMD are not there! Its like we cant discount Bigfoot because he aint been found yet.

Answer 12

There were only the arms sold by the USA,UK,FRANCE

WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRACTION, THEY FOUND THE OIL!  

Answer 13

I'm not!