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To: Sully- who wrote (19303)	10/25/2004 8:07:06 AM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 90947

The ISG was not asked to perform that task. The task they were asked to perform seems to have adequately been answered. The ISG was asked to speculate? Saddam "wanted to recreate Iraq's WMD capability – which was essentially destroyed in 1991 – after sanctions were removed," the report said, though it added that no such formal plan was uncovered. signonsandiego.com He did fail to comply with UN sanctions, with massive egregious violations of the Gulf War Cease Fire Agreement (UN Res 687). Link? He did keep the means, mode & methodology to immediately ramp up WMD capabilities when sanctions were lifted. Duelfer's report, in concluding Iraq might have resumed weapons-building "after sanctions were removed," left out the crucial fact that the U.N. Security Council had planned controls over Baghdad for years to come, U.N. officials say. signonsandiego.com Saddam did support, harbor, train & finance terrorism, including links with Al Qaeda. The 9/11 commission found no link between Iraq and al Queda. washingtonpost.com