did sadam hussein cooperate with un weapons inspectors?

Answer 1

Yes, although not abjectly, but to the extent that the UN weapons inspectors were willing to state that whatever WMDs Hussein had had after the first Gulf War had been effectively eliminated.

For those who, like an acquaintance of mine, claim that the UN inspection process was "flawed," I would point to the fact that the Iraq Survey Group, made up of Coalition forces, searched for nearly two years, after the invasion, and came to the same conclusion: not only did Saddam not have any stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons, and certainly not nuclear ones, he didn't even have any active programs to produce them.

I would also point to a statement in a speech given by Bush on December 18, 2005, in prime time, from the White House. While discussing the search for WMDs in Iraq, Bush said "we did not find those weapons." Note, he did not say we "have not" found them; he said we "did not" find them (see link below)

I would also like to point out that the Bush administration presented Saddam, in my opinion knowingly, with an impossible conundrum, i.e., to prove that he did not have WMDs. For those of you with training in logic, you will recognize this as the fallacy of demanding proof of a negative. How was Saddam to prove, absolutely, that he didn't have these weapons? If the inspectors had dug up the entire country to a depth of one hundred feet and found nothing, it wouldn't prove that there weren't some buried at one hundred fifty feet.

For those of you who claim that Saddam shipped his WMDs off to another country, the usual culprit being Syria, I would ask you: why would Saddam send some of his most sensitive weapons to another country, out of his control, trusting that that country would return them when asked? Saddam didn't trust anyone outside his own family, and even them he kept a close eye on.

Ultimately Bush and Co. were determined to invade Iraq, whether or not WMDs were found. Paul Wolfowitz, then Deputy Secretary of Defense, stated that WMDs were merely the "bureaucratic" reason for the invasion. Also, various statements and documents, such as the so-called Downing Street memos, uncovered since the invasion prove this to be the case.

Did Saddam have the capability to produce such weapons? Certainly, as do about 40 other nations in the world. Shall we invade all of them, too, because they are potentially a threat?

Answer 2

Basically yes he did -

And if you remember - Bush sent him 33 pages of questions for him to answer about his armaments and WMDs and Saddam said he did not have any WMDs - at which point our fearless Deserter President called Saddam a liar and invaded his country!

The Weapon inspectors later searched all over Iraq and found that Saddam was indeed tellling the truth and it was Bush that had done the lying about Saddam having any!

Lo Siento!

Answer 3

To a point he did, but not to the satisfaction of the UN< USA and many other countries one of the main reasons why Iraq was invaded.

Answer 4

He pretended to cooperate for a while. Finally he just banned them altogether.

Answer 5

No, he did not cooperate. All he had to do was show proof that he had dismantled his WMD program. He never would, so the US invaded and he died.

Answer 6

no. he had his own inspectors. and they moved them around when they wanted.

Answer 7

yes sir.