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Powell defends Iraq WMD chase

US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday staunchly defended his arguments that Saddam Hussein had WMDs that justified a war against Ir...

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US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday staunchly defended his arguments that Saddam Hussein had WMDs that justified a war against Iraq.

Powell insisted that though post-war investigations have yet to find stockpiles of WMDs, the ousted Iraqi regime for years possessed both the arms and the intention to use them.8216;8216;I am confident of what I presented last year8217;8217;, he said of his February 2, 2003 UN speech, which laid out case for invading Iraq.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace had issued a report saying the administration 8216;8216;systematically misrepresented the threat from Iraq8217;s WMD and ballistic missile programmes.8217;8217; Powell said that while 8216;8216;I have not seen smoking gun8217;8217; on links between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda, 8216;8216;I think the possibility of such connections did exist. And it was prudent to consider them at the time that we did.8221; 8212; Agencies

 

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