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To: TigerPaw who wrote (420179)	6/29/2003 1:14:50 PM
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"Unaccounted in this case meant destroyed." Another blatant lie....... Unaccounted meant that there was clear evidence of the existence of all of the WMD's, WMD programs & WMD materials. And it meant that there was NEVER any accounting of it's destruction, nor was any of it turned over to UN Inspectors........ <font size=5>Pre-War Evidence for WMD in Iraq Summary of Iraqi WMD Capabilities <font size=4> This material is taken from the SIPRI Iraq-UNSCOM fact Sheet. Since it was prepared, UN inspectors concluded that Iraq had also weaponized VX. According to different estimates about 20-100 Al-Hussein Scud missiles of the type used against Israel and Saudi Arabia in 1991. <font size=5> When inspections stopped in 1998, UNSCOM inspectors had concluded that there was no way to verify that Iraq had destroyed all of its stores of biological, chemical and other agents, including quantities of aflatoxin and approximately 500 R-400 aerial bombs that had been filled with biological warfare agents. <font size=3> Biological weapons 1. Holdings declared by Iraq * Anthrax 8 400 litres Botulinum toxin 19 000 litres Clostridium (gas gangrene) 3 400 litres Aflatoxin 2 200 litres Ricin 10 litres 2. Bacterial Warfare munitions Scud missile warheads (al-Hussein) 25 anthrax 5 botulinum toxin 16 aflatoxin 4 Aerial bombs 157 anthrax 50 botulinum toxin 100 aflatoxin 7 Aerial dispensers 4 3. Other munitions tested for BW 155-mm artillery shells Artillery rockets MiG-21 drone Aerosol generators Chemical weapons 1. Holdings declared by Iraq Mustard gas 500-600 tonnes G agents (sarin, tabun) 100-150 tonnes VX ** 50-100 tonnes * In addition 39 tonnes of growth medium required for BW production were imported in 1988, of which 17 tonnes remain unaccounted for. The litre unit, however, gives no indication of the concentration of the agent in the slurry. ** UNSCOM estimates that 50-100 tonnes were produced before 1990. Iraq declared 3.9 tonnes produced between 1988 and 1990 and unilaterally destroyed. 2. CW munitions Aerial bombs (of which 3 contained VX) Aerial spray dispensers 1 122-mm rocket containing VX 120-mm rockets Ballistic missiles Scud B (300-km range) 819 operational al-Hussein (650-km range) in development al-Abbas (950-km range) in development SS-21 short-range ballistic missile launcher turned over to UNSCOM in 1995 al-Samoud missile (150-km range) In process of destruction after UNMOVIC determined these missiles violate UN Security Council Resolution 687 To February 1998, UNSCOM destroyed or supervised the destruction of: 38 537 filled and empty CW munitions 480 000 litres (690 tonnes) of CW agents 3000 tonnes of precursor chemicals 8 types of delivery systems The al-Hakam BW production facility 48 Scud missiles 6 operational mobile launchers 28 operational fixed launch pads 32 fixed launch pads under construction 30 chemical warheads 14 conventional warheads Other related equipment Iraq claims to have unilaterally destroyed all its missiles, but UNSCOM has only been able to verify the destruction of: 83 Scud missiles 9 mobile launchers 426 pieces of CW production equipment 91 pieces of related analytical instruments Iraq claims to have consumed 2870 tonnes of CW agent in the period 1981-88, but UNSCOM has not been able to verify this. The following items remain unaccounted for: Scud missile components, warheads and propellant 17 tonnes of growth media for the production of BW agents Items of CW production equipment 4000 tonnes of CW precursors 750 tonnes of VX precursors 100 al-Hussein missiles 31 000 CW munitions 20 R-17 Scud-B -type missiles 40-70 CBW-capable missile warheads Significant quantities of biological warfare agents Significant quantities of 155-mm ammunition rounds Sources un.org janes.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS At MidEastWeb: A detailed timeline of Iraqi History 2003: Reports of UNMOVIC and IAEA to the UN British Government Dossier mideastweb.org