Did US and Britiish Intelligence both think that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?

Question

I want an unbiased answer. I also know that Bill Clinton and John Kerry both believed that there were WoMDs in Iraq.

Answer 1

Back, when Jimmy Carter was President, Irananians, who overthrew the Shah, took our embassy staff hostage. That is because the Shah was a cruel dictator and the U. S. had kept him propped up for a long time.

Some time later, Sadam decided to go to war with Iran. Now Iraq was our friend. The U. S. government supplied Sadam with all manner of potions with which to torment the Iranians, because we didn't like the Iranians because they overthrew our Shah, and held our embassy staff prisoner for a long time.

Now, when Sadam stopped behaving, we knew what we had given him and had every reason to expect to find it there, maybe even new and improved. After all, a lot of his scientists were educated in major universities right here in the U. S. Besides which, we had a devil of a time trying to fight the war in Afghanistan. We needed space for some bases in the middle east, and then, there was that oil....so, what excuse could we come up with??? Oh! Oh! I got it...remember that anthrax we gave him?

Unfortunately, by the time we got there, the cupboard was bare and noone knows what happened to it. Most folks say Syria. I wouldn't doubt it.

Answer 2

The government is refusing to release a secret draft of its dossier on Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction.
The version was written by the Foreign Office's head of press, who said it did not include the infamous "45-minute claim", the New Statesman reported.

A charity worker has been trying to get it published for two years under the Freedom of Information Act. He has appealed to the Information Commissioner but the Foreign Office says it has "no plans" to publish it.

The final version of the September dossier, part of government efforts to bolster support for the Iraq war, became controversial because of its claim that weapons of mass destruction could be launched at Cyprus within 45 minutes of an order.

Claim withdrawn

It later emerged it referred only to battlefield munitions and the claim was officially withdrawn two years later. The draft of the dossier by Foreign Office media chief John Williams was mentioned during the Hutton Inquiry.

Mr Williams said in an e-mail on 6 September 2002, he had permission to work on a "media-friendly editorial job" of the dossier. It is not clear to what extent, if at all, the final version, signed off by Joint Intelligence Committee Chairman John Scarlett and published in the run-up to war, was influenced by Mr Williams's version.

Mr Williams, who has since left the Foreign Office, told the New Statesman magazine he was "absolutely sure" the 45-minute claim was not in his draft.

But Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price, who has been pushing for a Parliamentary inquiry into the war, said: "The entire Iraq debate hangs on one central question - were the facts manipulated to suit a predetermined policy?

"If the first draft of the now-infamous dossier was indeed penned not by a spook but a spin doctor, then all the government's denials in Hutton, Butler and beyond are exposed as just another layer of mendacity."

The Hutton inquiry concluded the BBC had been wrong to claim the government "sexed up" its dossier on Iraq's weapons. A Downing Street spokesman said "We have nothing to add to all the inquiries into this. It was all covered in the Hutton Inquiry".

A Foreign Office spokesman added that the decision not to disclose the Williams draft after a Freedom of Information request in 2005 had been upheld by an internal review. He added the Foreign Office "remains satisfied that its application of the FOI Act was correct and has no plans to release the draft pending the outcome of the case before the Information Commissioner."

Information Commissioner Richard Thomas is considering the matter, and could order the dossier's disclosure.

Answer 3

First yes because the US had given them alot.
next Saddam keep saying there were.

But even today we have labs they were made in, we have delivery systems, and we have generals in Saddams army testifying that they were taken out of the nation to Syria.

So in general most likely they really had some, but not near as much as they acted like they had. Most likely Saddam over stated by 30 or 100 percent what he had, and we beleived him.

There were just no real spies in Iran or Iraq that we could get good info from.

Answer 4

there were because Reagan and Bush sr. gave them to Sadam when they were in Iraq for protection against Iran. Sadam fell out of grace with the US when he attacked Kuwait and immediately sold the nukes on the black market.

Answer 5

Yes, a joint venture. Britain seems to be our supporter as well as we them. And yes slick willie, the draft dodger and Lt Kerry that spat on his fellow soldiers, called us all baby killers and joined Hanoi jane fonda believed that also.

Answer 6

they both knew that they had them,but clinton was too chicken to do anything about it...and by the time Bush got into office,it was too late saddam had already moved them.

Answer 7

No they didn't think so, they knew so!