"Saddam Husayn so dominated the Iraqi Regime that its 
    strategic intent was his alone. He wanted to end 
    sanctions while preserving the capability to reconstitute 
    his weapons of mass destruction (WMD) when sanctions were 
    lifted."

    “I think at the end of the inspection process, we’ll 
    paint a picture of Iraq that was far more dangerous than 
    even we thought it was before the war.”

    “It was of a system collapsing. It was a country that had 
    the capability in weapons of mass destruction areas, and 
    terrorists, like ants to honey, were going after it.”

    Kay pointed out that prior to the war, the French, the 
    British, the Germans and the UN “all thought Saddam 
    (Hussein) had weapons of mass destruction. Not 
    discovering them tells us we’ve got a more fundamental 
    problem”.

    He said, “The tendency to say, well, it must have been 
    pressure from the White House, is absolutely wrong.” 
    Saddam “was putting more money into his nuclear 
    programme, he was pushing ahead his long-range missile 
    programme as hard as he could”.

    “We have collected dozens of examples of where he lied to 
    the UN, violated Resolution 1441 and was in material 
    breach,” Kay added. He noted that Saddam “had the intent 
    to acquire these weapons. He invested huge amounts of 
    money in them. The fact is that he wasn’t successful”.