Wednesday, April 09, 2003

Iraq's weapons 'must be found'

Mr Rumsfeld said weapons production facilities needed to be "found and secured".

He warned of a "nexus between terrorist states... and terrorist groups".

The possibility that "some of these weapons could leave the country and [get into] the hands of terrorist networks would be a very unhappy prospect," he said.


(sounds like he's laying the groundwork for one of the excuses he'll use when no weapons are found, they will have conveniently left the country)


Mr ElBaradei said any suspected weapons finds by the UK or the US should be verified by UN inspectors "to generate the required credibility".

Mr Blair and Mr ElBaradei's stress on external verification of suspect weaponry found is being seen as tacit acknowledgement that some observers believe coalition forces could be tempted to fabricate such "evidence" if it proves elusive.


The world neither trusts nor believes Mr. Bush. We've obviously won the war, but the damage done to the leader of our nations' reputation may be irreparable.

Kansas @ 8:37 PM