Saddam Hussein's weapons mirage

摘要

Before going to war against Saddam Hussein last March, George Bush and Tony Blair told the world they were certain that the Iraqi dictator possessed chemical and biological weapons, and long-range missiles, and was actively seeking an atomic bomb. This was the basis on which millions of Americans, Britons and others, including The Economist, supported the war. But ten months after the invasion, and despite the interrogation of hundreds of captured Iraqi officials, none of these weapons has been discovered. Even David Kay, the hardline inspector America had put in charge of the post-war weapons hunt, expects now that none will be (see page 45). After resigning from his job last week, he said that Iraq seemed to have got rid of them in the 1990s.