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Senators To Look Into U.S. Claims Of Iraq's Weapons
POSTED: 9:10 a.m. EDT June 2, 2003
UPDATED: 9:38 a.m. EDT June 2, 2003
WASHINGTON -- Two Senate committees want to know more about U.S. claims of weapons of mass destruction that led to war with Iraq. SURVEY
Do you think President George W. Bush exaggerated claims that Iraq had banned weapons in order to have a justification for going to war?
* ( In the ongoing poll, results so far are 54% yes, 46% no) *
Republican and Democratic senators say it's time to investigate whether intelligence reports were correct. Sen. John Warner, on CNN, said the Armed Services Committee and the Intelligence Committee may look into the situation.
Florida Sen. Bob Graham, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, suggested on CNN the government may have deceived the American public on purpose. Graham says if the weapons are not found, it indicates either intelligence failure or manipulation.
President George W. Bush says the United States has discovered weapons systems and biological labs that were prohibited by the United Nations.
Blair Defends His Stand On Iraq
Britain's Prime Minister is denying that he and Bush cooked up a plan to go to war against Iraq last summer.
Tony Blair was responding to charges made by one of his former cabinet ministers over the weekend, which he calls "totally untrue." He also denies that his government doctored evidence about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction ahead of the conflict.
The failure of American and British troops to find hard evidence that Saddam Hussein had banned weapons is creating a serious political problem for Blair, who will face more challenges about the issue when Parliament comes back into session this week.
Both Blair, wrapping up two days at the G8 summit in France, and his foreign minister Jack Straw, are saying it made no sense for Saddam Hussein to defy ultimatums from the United Nations if he had already destroyed his weapons of mass destruction. Straw repeated to BBC radio Monday that evidence is overwhelming that Saddam did have banned weapons.
And Blair asks people to have patience with the weapons investigation he says is now gearing up in Iraq.
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May 30, 2003: U.S. To Shift Iraq Weapons Search
May 30, 2003: U.S. Official: Bush Used WMD Argument For Politics
May 23, 2003: Blix Suspects Iraq May Have Had No Banned Weapons
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