Did the US really find WMD in Iraq?

Question

Mustard and saryn are not considered WMD they are weapons of mass killing. Also, if they are 20 years old they are no longer effective. and if they are twenty years old then they were made while the US was aiding Iraq.

An unclassified summary of an Army report released to Congress:
The officials said military and intelligence agencies had no evidence of unconventional weapons produced in Iraq after 1991 or of stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons that President Bush and other top administration officials cited as a potential threat in justifying the invasion in 2003.
All the chemical weapons found to date were manufactured before the 1991 gulf war and have been found in "small numbers" in various places.
The munitions are "generally in poor condition" and "are not in condition to be used as designed."
Nonetheless, the projectiles contain chemicals that could be dangerous or even lethal to small numbers of people if incorporated in an improvised explosive device or released by other means.

Answer 1

I wish I knew.

Answer 2

The 500+ shells of chemical weapons were found over a lengthy period of time in Iraq since the Bush Administration announced the search turned up nothing in 2003. Although they are not at full strength, they are still pretty lethal. At full strength, one of these shells has been known to kill as many as 5,000.

The findings remained classified until a Republican Senator declassified some of the report a weeks ago. There's a lot more to the story that hasn't been released as well.

You may hear libs downplay the report - this is nothing new. It is important because we can quote Saddam telling weapons inspectors that he no longer had WMD caches. Libs will say that the ones found were depleted or date back before 1991, hoping that it means something to their anti-war bias. However, both are weak arguments. Saddam was not in a position to possess ANY chemical weapons, regardless of strength. To say those weren't the ones we were looking for is kind of silly.

Answer 3

Mustard gas is an oily, volatile liquid that is corrosive to the skin and mucous membranes and causes severe, sometimes fatal respiratory damage. It was introduced in World War I as a chemical warfare agent. It is a nerve agent.

Sarin is a poisonous liquid that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare.

Rest assured that nerve agents are, indeed, considered Weapons of Mass Destruction. After 15 years in the military, I have never even HEARD the term Weapons of Mass Killing.

Is this the latest liberal attempt to deny what has actually been known all along? Are you guys so against President Bush that, even when faced with the fact that he was RIGHT ALL ALONG, you will make up this crap in an attempt to bring him down no matter what?

Also, I am tired of hearing that the weapons were "made in the USA." Even if it is true, SO WHAT? Did we, at one time, support Saddam Hussein? Absolutely! At the time, Iran had just taken over our embassy and were holding 52 of our citizens hostage. You know the old saying, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"? Certainly, you don't think we supplied him with weapons and instructed him, "Now go gas your own people"? Anything can be used for good or evil - it is up to the person(s) in power.

You people NEVER cease to amaze me. It's time to grow up and pull your head out of your @ss.

Answer 4

Yes.

We found *old* weapons of mass destruction. Chemical weapons of massive scale which are no longer useable. However, we also confirmed that Saddam had been seeking yellow cake uranium, and it wasn't for civilian energy purposes. We uncovered quite a bit of information in the latest raids, including some mobile chemical weapons facilities.

THEY WERE NOT NUCLEAR WEAPONS, THEY WERE SARIN AND MUSTARD GAS, NERVE AGENTS, ETC.

Answer 5

Yes they did find them. We are still finding them. Most of our allies say the bulk of them left the country before we could get to them. The ones we found where old. Yes they still work, and work well.
A WMD is any chemical, bio, nuke type of weapon, or anything like that. Yes they are what we were looking for. We knew they did not have nukes but they did want to buy yellow cake. Meaning they wanted to make nukes or a dirty bomb. "One dirty bomb can wreak your whole day."

Answer 6

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES a million times YES.

(A quick message to everyone who just answered "no": The internet has a lot more to offer you than just porn and anti-Bush blogs... there's actual news on here too! No kidding!)


***Also: to say the weapons are old and unusable is misleading. The artillery shells that they were found in were no longer usable, but the chemical weapons inside were still deadly.***

Answer 7

Yes ofcourse!!

They found the Widows of Mass Destruction caused by Saddam Hussein's regime.

Answer 8

good to see so many people on here know the truth..and it is good to see that even with all the adversity in Bush's face he still kept classified info where it should be classified as to not panic the general public over the findings

Answer 9

actually a couple of days ago 500 nuclear weapons were found in iraq. but the liberals have kept it hush hush because it has proven that bush was right and they were wrong. look it up.

Answer 10

yup, sure did. but the liberal media won't report that.
did you say they aren't WMD's they are WMK's?????
LOL that is the funniest thing I have heard in a while. Man that is good. I'll have to remember that one. oh yeah they are 10 year old WMK's not 20 year old WMK's.

Answer 11

yes we have found a lot and they are still useable no matter how old they are. i have some 45 ammo made for ww1 do you think they wont kill you ?