Among the definitions for weapons of mass destruction are included chemical and biological weapons
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Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons (WMDs) against the Kurish population in Iraq, and yet when the subject of our invasion of Iraq comes up, supposedly done because US intelligence said that Hussein had chemical weapons (WMDs), tons and tons of people say that there were no WMDs in Iraq.
Did Hussein use up all his chemical weapons (WMDs) against the Kurds? Did he bury them all at some remote locations in Iraq, or move them to another country, like Syria for instance? They *were* in Iraq prior to the coalition invasion.
Update:Operation Viking Hammer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Viking_Hamm...
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We did locate and catalogue his chemical weapons during and after the invasion, and to top it off, we found more of them than he had claimed to possess prior to the invasion. One particular instance that can easily be looked up was "Operation Viking Hammer."
The problem is that "tons and tons of people" are under the impression that nuclear weapons are the only type that constitutes as WMD, which is incorrect.
The weapons Assad is using against his people in Syria are the leftover chemical weapons which were moved out of Iraq following the U.S invasion in 2003.
On June 21, 2006 the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released key points from a classified report from the National Ground Intelligence Center on the recovery of a small number of degraded chemical munitions in Iraq. The report stated that "Coalition forces have recovered approximately 500 weapons munitions which contain degraded mustard or sarin nerve agent." However, all are thought to be pre-Gulf War munitions.
These munitions meet the technical definition of weapons of mass destruction, according to the commander of the National Ground Intelligence Center. "These are chemical weapons as defined under the Chemical Weapons Convention, and yes ... they do constitute weapons of mass destruction," Army Col. John Chu told the House Armed Services Committee. The munitions addressed in the report were produced in the 1980s, Maples said. Badly corroded, they could not currently be used as originally intended, though agent remaining in the weapons would be very valuable to terrorists and insurgents, Maples said.
Remember when Bush II, was being questioned about his legitimacy as POTUS; from the Supreme Court and Florida debacle? Well eight months later the hoax; based upon a modern day Boogie-Man, fit like a glove.Distraction with smoke and mirror; eroded question on Florida/Supreme Court; elude accountability; and emerge a unity, not seen since Pearl Harbor.Even Bush II, made a mockery video looking in cabinet within the Oval Office. We laughed collectively, with an "Oh Well".
It really doesn´t matter since the American public only supported the war because they believe he had or soon would have nuclear and biological weapons. Even poor third world counties can make chemical weapons, they are WWI technology, and no one thinks they are a sufficient reason to invade a country
You answered your own question--he used them against the Kurds. He also used them in the Iran/Iraq war. I can't believe the Bush apologists are still trying to convince us that Bush's personal Vanity War in Iraq had anything to do with WMD. Even Bush changed the reason for invading Iraq several times!
i easily do no longer think of that folk ought to enroll in the thought that there are no wmds there; it rather is logical that they are nevertheless there hidden, or they have been occurred to a minimum of one in each and every of Saddam's allies. for the time of the Oil-for-nutrition application, Saddam became into waiting to run rampant along with his targets of extra means and destroying Israel and others with the aid of bribing and corrupting key UN contributors(a number of that have been immune from prosecution because of the fact of their sturdy employment with the UN). yet that doesn't sit down all right with the Kool-help bunch, could it?
Neither, he destroyed the weapons by burning them.