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No WMDs in Iraq? Why it matters: the Bush administration insisted that we must go to war because Iraq's weapons of mass destruction posed an imminent threat. Surprise! It was really a war to strengthen the UN.(Iraq War)(Cover Story)

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| February 23, 2004 | Jasper, William F. | COPYRIGHT 2004 American Opinion Publishing, 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

David Kay's disclosures touched off a firestorm. After retiring on January 23 as the chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq, Dr. Kay reported that not only did his teams fail to discover any weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) but that he now believes the weapons didn't exist when President Bush launched the war against Iraq in March 2003.

As to be expected in an election year, the Kay revelations stoked the already-burning political debate about whether the administration cooked intelligence reports to make Saddam's WMD threat appear large enough and imminent enough to justify going to war.

Partisan wrangling over this issue has almost completely obscured ...

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