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To: tejek who wrote (149877)	8/18/2002 1:56:37 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570132

Saddam's nuke program is probably not as advanced as his biological program, but effective biological agents are sometimes considered weapons of mass destruction as well, because the right agent used with the right technique can kill people over a wide area, if the disease is communicable (unlike Anthrax) and very deadly then it might actually be more dangerous then a nuke (if less predictable and more likely to turn around and bite the people who use it). Chemical weapons are also sometimes considered WMD, but they are not quite as frightening. Still Saddam has a lot of them, and has reportedly been working on ways to deliver them effectively by Scud missiles. Our soldiers might be able to suit up, but is the civilian populations of say Tel Aviv all going to go around wearing not just gas masks but full body rubberized suits? As for his nuclear program, there was a large facility at Osirak that was destroyed by the Israeli air force years before the Gulf War. Later on the program made more effort to disperse and hide things to avoid a repeat of this type of action even if it meant the program would cost more and take longer. There have also been materials useful in making nuclear weapons that have been seized before they could get to Iraq. I think it would be foolish to think that we got them all. Here is a 1998 article by the guy who briefly headed it. bullatomsci.org Other links - iraqwatch.org pbs.org "Blair Claims He Has "Treasure" Of Evidence Detailing Iraqi WMD Plans" spacedaily.com Tim