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Inspectors find no proof Iraq hid weapons in Syria
The U.S.-led group that scoured Iraq for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has found no evidence Iraq hid such weapons in Syria before the U.S. invasion in March 2003, according to a final report on the investigation. The 1,700-member Iraq Survey Group (ISG), responsible for the weapons hunt, also said it found no Iraqi officials with direct knowledge of a transfer of WMD developed by former President Saddam Hussein.The report is the final addendum to the investigators' September report that concluded prewar Iraq had no WMD stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons and that its nuclear program had decayed before the U.S.-led invasion. The Iraq Survey Group, led by CIA special adviser Charles Duelfer, ended its physical searches for WMD last December. The new report posted on the CIA Web site said: "Based on evidence available it is unlikely that an official transfer of WMD material from Iraq to Syria took place. However ISG was unable to rule out unofficial movement of limited WMD-related materials." It said investigators "found no senior policy, program or intelligence officials who admitted any direct knowledge of such movement of WMD. Indeed, they uniformly denied any knowledge of residual WMD that have been secreted to Syria," the report said. Posted by: Fred 2005-04-27 |
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