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> Technically there were still WMDs in Iraq No: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weap
by acqq 7y ago
> Technically there were still WMDs in Iraq
No:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destr...
"Iraq actively researched and later employed weapons of mass destruction (WMD) from 1962 to 1991, when it destroyed its chemical weapons stockpile and halted its biological and nuclear weapon programs as required by the United Nations Security Council.[1]"
What's sure is that at the time of 9/11, the U.S. had still significant quantities of chemical weapons that they just started to destroy a few years before:
https://www.cnbc.com/2013/09/23/destroying-chemical-weapons-easier-said-than-done.html https://www.cnbc.com/2013/09/23/destroying-chemical-weapons-...
"After the U.S. formally agreed in 1997 to destroy its 30,000-ton chemical arsenal, Newport's mission changed again" ... "Not until 2008 — 11 years after our visit and U.S. ratification of the chemical weapons ban—was the last of the VX eliminated."