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Hide and Seek . . . and Seek: Where'd those weapons of mass destruction get to?

National Review

| June 16, 2003 | LACEY, JIM | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In a perverse game of international Where's Waldo, American inspectors have fanned out across Iraq searching for weapons of mass destruction (WMD). With the exception of two trailers, the search has yet to yield a smoking gun. And, even though the trailers have been designated as mobile bio labs, this might be wishful thinking. Colin Powell says that there is no proof that they are labs -- it's just that no one can think of any other purpose for them.

One thing we do know is that Iraq had WMDs throughout the 1980s and was not shy about using them. In at least ten documented attacks against the Kurds and Iranians, Saddam killed or maimed over 35,000 people (see ...

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