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To: Win Smith who wrote (99782)	6/1/2003 4:43:37 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I'd recommend reading the Newsweek article quoted in #reply-18644631 So if it turns out that Iraq did destroy or export its finished stocks of WMDs (without records), but kept its WMD programs, blueprints, and precursor chemicals, so they could whip up another batch in a hurry should the need arise, then that in your mind proves that Rummy was lying and the whole war was a fraud?

To: Win Smith who wrote (99782)	6/2/2003 5:33:06 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Assume that Kamel was a reliable source. The key paragraph in the Newsweek article is this: "Kamel said Iraq had not abandoned its WMD ambitions. The stocks had been destroyed to hide the programs from the U.N. inspectors, but Iraq had retained the design and engineering details of these weapons. Kamel talked of hidden blueprints, computer disks, microfiches and even missile-warhead molds. “People who work in MIC [Iraq’s Military Industrial Commission, which oversaw the country’s WMD programs] were asked to take documents to their houses,” he said. Why preserve this technical material? Said Kamel: “It is the first step to return to production” after U.N. inspections wind down. Since there had not been inspectors in the country for several years, this means it is likely that they had returned to production.........