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No WMD found in Iraq: David Kay PRINT FRIENDLY EMAIL STORY
AM - Friday, 3 October, 2003 08:18:15
Reporter: John Shovelan
LINDA MOTTRAM: The Bush administration continues to stand by it's pre-war intelligence on Iraq, despite an interim report from the CIA's weapons inspector, David Kay, which has, as expected, found no conclusive evidence yet of weapons of mass destruction.
Mr Kay does say though that there was substantial evidence that Iraq planned to make chemical and biological arms.
Speaking to reporters after briefing the US Congress on his mission, Mr Kay said his team in Iraq still had a long job ahead looking into Iraq's weapons programs. He says that the deliberate destruction of documents, intimidation and looting have hampered searchers' efforts, and his efforts are playing in a climate of deepening scepticism, reporters say, about what will be ultimately found.
From Washington, our Correspondent John Shovelan reports.
JOHN SHOVELAN: The CIA's Weapons Inspector, David Kay, today presented his interim report to the US Congress, and he told members he hadn't found any stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but he still hadn't reached any definitive conclusions.
DAVID KAY: At this point we have found substantial evidence of an intent of senior level Iraqi officials, including Saddam, to continue production at some future point in time of weapons of mass destruction. We have not found yet, and I'm sure you know this, otherwise you would know it earlier, we have not found at this point, actual weapons. It does not mean we've concluded there are no actual weapons, it means at this point in time, and it's a huge country with a lot to do, that we have not yet found weapons.
JOHN SHOVELAN: The United States and the Coalition of the Willing, including Australia, went to war against Iraq in March citing what they said was a threat posed by Baghdad's development of banned chemical and biological weapons.
Since then, the Bush administration has faced intense political pressure to produce the evidence that justified that war. Mr Kay admits he's so far been unable to do that.
DAVID KAY: I believe in six to nine months we will be at the stage where we can draw a line and say there probably will be more to find. Believe me, if I wanted to go into business I would go into the metal detection business in Iraq. I think for 100 years they will be digging up the relics of Saddam's empire that is buried over the country. We won't have found everything, we will know the program and able to report this is what they had, this was their intention.
JOHN SHOVELAN: The leading Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Jay Rockefeller, says the report provides no comfort to the administration.
JAY ROCKEFELLER: Dr Kay is essentially saying I need a lot more time in order to find out whether he can find any evidence of weapons of mass destruction. Well, ladies and gentleman, that's the reason we went to war, and that's the reason that some of us voted on that authorisation bill. To be where we are today without any evidence, talking about intent, talking about facilities, but nothing we can point to, and then asking for another six or nine months and a good deal of money leads me to believe that we need to do some serious thinking about the doctrine of pre-emption, that we need to do some serious thinking about where did our intelligence allow us to get so that we could make these kinds of conclusions, that we would decide to go to war? Did we misread it? Or did they mislead us? Or did they simply get it wrong? Whatever the answer is, it's not a good answer.
JOHN SHOVELAN: But Republican Senator Pat Roberts speaking immediately after the report was presented says the hunt for the weapons still goes on.
PAT ROBERTS: In regard to the lack of results, as long as Saddam Hussein is alive, there remains a palpable fear among the people of Iraq. This fear is a significant obstacle to obtaining the full cooperation.
JOHN SHOVELAN: The New York Times today reported the Bush administration is seeking another $1-billion to fund the hunt for weapons of mass destruction. If Congress approves the request it would increase the number of inspectors from 1,200 to 1,400.
John Shovelan, Washington.
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