To: Neocon who wrote (410011 ) 5/29/2003 10:09:00 AM From: TigerPaw Read Replies (3) | Respond to It is clear that the Pentagon is bending over backwards to maintain the integrity of the search process The 75th Exploitation Task Force, as the group is formally known, has been described from the start as the principal arm of the U.S. plan to discover and display forbidden Iraqi weapons. The group's departure, expected next month, marks a milestone in frustration for a major declared objective of the war, according to the Washington Post. turks.us indianexpress.com economist.com Mr Bush and Mr Blair argued that the threat was imminent, adding some specific and alarming allegations. Unusually, and to the discomfort of British spooks, Mr Blair published an intelligence dossier that claimed some of Iraq’s WMD could be ready within 45 minutes of an order to use them. Mr Bush eschewed the subjunctives that punctuated the inspectors’ reports: citing American intelligence, he stated that Mr Hussein retained hideous agents and various means of delivering them. In February, Colin Powell, Mr Bush’s secretary of state, told the UN that biological warheads had been distributed across western Iraq.
