To: Selectric II who wrote (23472 ) 9/17/2004 7:11:19 AM From: John Sladek Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 173976 Selectric II, You need to get a new ribbon - your messages are becoming more and more unclear. Instead of answering any of my questions about forged documents, you attacked me personally by stating that I was being cavalier. Here's the deal: - Launching a war of self-defense is completely justified. - Launching a war of agression is the greatest war crime of all. The forged Niger uranium document was used to strengthened the "self-defense" argument for war (pre-emptive self-defense, mind you). But, it was a forgery, and a crude one at that. You do know that Iraq didn't have any WMD don't you?story.news.yahoo.com .S. Weapons Inspector: Iraq Had No WMD 2 hours, 28 minutes ago By KATHERINE PFLEGER SHRADER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Fallen Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) did not have stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but left signs that he had idle programs he someday hoped to revive, the top U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq (news - web sites) concludes in a draft report due out soon According to people familiar with the 1,500-page report, the head of the Iraq Survey Group, Charles Duelfer, will find that Saddam was importing banned materials, working on unmanned aerial vehicles in violation of U.N. agreements and maintaining a dual-use industrial sector that could produce weapons. Duelfer also says Iraq only had small research and development programs for chemical and biological weapons. As Duelfer puts the finishing touches on his report, he concludes Saddam had intentions of restarting weapons programs at some point, after suspicion and inspections from the international community waned. ... I don't think that international suspicion would have waned until long after Saddam was dead and in the grave.