January 24, 2004

Ex-U.S. Arms Hunter Kay Says No Stockpiles in Iraq

Two more US soldiers died in Iraq last night. For
what?

Reuters: "I don't think they existed," Kay told
Reuters in a telephone interview. "What everyone was
talking about is stockpiles produced after the end of
the last (1991) Gulf War (news - web sites) and I
don't think there was a large-scale production program
in the '90s," he said.

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Ex-U.S. Arms Hunter Kay Says No Stockpiles in Iraq
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - David Kay, who stepped down as
leader of the U.S. hunt for weapons of mass
destruction, said on Friday he does not believe there
were any large stockpiles of chemical and biological
weapons in Iraq (news - web sites).

"I don't think they existed," Kay told Reuters in a
telephone interview. "What everyone was talking about
is stockpiles produced after the end of the last
(1991) Gulf War (news - web sites) and I don't think
there was a large-scale production program in the
'90s," he said.


Kay said he believes most of what is going to be found
in the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
has been found and that the hunt will become more
difficult once America turns over governing the
country to the Iraqis.


The United States went to war against Baghdad last
year citing a threat from Iraq's weapons of mass
destruction. No actual banned arms have been found.


Posted by richard at January 24, 2004 09:27 AM