Findings Undercut key Bush rationale for war ..the hits just keep coming..

[BlueNomad]

Final U.S. inspection report expected to undercut key Bush rationale for war
By John J. Lumpkin, Associated Press, 10/6/2004

WASHINGTON (AP) Undercutting the Bush's administration's rationale for invading Iraq, the final report of the chief U.S. arms inspector concludes that Saddam Hussein did not vigorously pursue a program to develop weapons of mass destruction when international inspectors left Baghdad in 1998, an administration official said Wednesday.

In drafts, weapons hunter Charles Duelfer concluded that Saddam's Iraq had no stockpiles of the banned weapons but said he found signs of idle programs that Saddam could have revived once international attention waned.

''It appears that he did not vigorously pursue those programs after the inspectors left,'' the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity in advance of the report's release.

Duelfer, head of the Iraq Survey Group, was providing his findings Wednesday to the Senate Armed Services Committee. His team has compiled a 1,500-page report. Duelfer's predecessor, David Kay, who quit last December, also found no evidence of weapons stockpiles....

<http://www.boston.com/dailynews/280/wash/Final_U_S_inspection_report_ex:.shtml>

Say it in 7 languages--misled, lied, prevaricated whatever....