Iraq Is Hiding Evidence

Conversation between twoIraqi military officers,November 26, 2002

Col: we have this modifiedvehicle…..

Gen: I’m worried you all havesomething left.

Col: We evacuated everything.We don’t have anything left.

Iraqi trucks removingmaterials from sites tobe inspected

Iraq Is Muzzling Its Scientists

Individuals with access reportdocuments are being hiddenin private homes and cars

Saddam has:– Arrested scientists

– Forced scientists to signdocumentsacknowledging thatdivulging information ispunishable by death

– Even issued a falsedeath certificate for onescientist.

Documentsfound in thehome of anIraqiscientist

Iraq Is Hiding Dangerous Weapons

After inspectors revealed hisearlier biological program,Saddam built biologicalweapons factories on wheels

Instructions relayed to anofficer in the field,January 2003

A: Capt. Ibrahim?

B: I am with you, sir.

A: Remove.. the expression…

nerve agents… whenever it

comes up.. in the wireless

instructions.

B: Consider it done, sir.

Iraq Still Seeks Nuclear Weapons

Iraq ordered aluminum tubesfrom 11 countries withspecifications much higherthan needed for rockets

Through a complexnetwork of frontcompanies, Iraq hasbeen ordering magnets,balancing machines andother equipment, alongwith the tubes, used toenrich uranium

Iraq Is Harboring Terrorists,Including Al Qaida

A senior Al Qaida associate and collaborator, Al Zarqawi,established a network of poison cells centered on Iraq

Iraq Has Refused To Disarm Peacefully

• Iraq’s actions to hide and cover up evidenceconstitute a deliberate campaign to prevent anymeaningful inspection work.

• We believe Iraq is in material breach of UN SecurityCouncil Resolution 1441.

• Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction are a real andpresent danger to the people of Iraq, its neighborsand the world.

• Terrorist groups could use these horrible weaponsanywhere in the world.