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Saddam fell for hoax: New ridiculous UK claim Posted: Thursday, December 25, 2003 Saddam fell for hoax: UK claim By Richard Norton-Taylor London: December 25, 2003, www.theage.com.au British officials are circulating a story that Saddam Hussein may have been hoodwinked into believing that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. The theory is the result of an attempt to explain why no chemical and biological weapons had surfaced in Iraq. According to the theory, Saddam and his senior advisers and commanders were told by lower-ranking officers that his forces were equipped with chemical and biological weapons. The officers did not want to tell their superiors that the weapons had been destroyed or were no longer usable. Full Article Iraqi leader issues weapons denial Thursday November 14, 2002 The Guardian UK The Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, set himself on an early collision course with the US and Britain yesterday by defiantly continuing to insist he has no weapons of mass destruction. As expected, he bowed to international pressure by sending a letter to the United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, reluctantly accepting a security council resolution that will allow weapons inspectors to return to Iraq. But the letter, in the name of the Iraqi foreign minister, Naji Sabri, vociferously denied that Iraq has developed weapons of mass destruction, "whether nuclear, chemical, or biological, as claimed by evil people". Full Article |
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