No solid evidence in draft on Iraq arms search-ABC

[Nambe]

A draft report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq provides no solid evidence that Iraq had such arms when the United States invaded the country in March, ABC News reported on Monday.

Citing unidentified officials, ABC said the report by the civilian leading the search for hidden weapons will detail Iraq's effort to maintain the capability to produce biological, chemical or nuclear weapons.

Before ordering the invasion that toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, U.S. President George W. Bush referred to an imminent threat posed by Iraqi weapons of mass destruction as a prime justification for war.

U.S. forces in Iraq searching for evidence of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons have not found any. But U.S. officials said in July that the search had uncovered documents pointing to a program to develop such weapons.

[diplomats]

1. Josh Marshall reported the WH was going to quash the report

for that reason. I wonder who leaked some of the details to ABC.

[mhr]

2. This is Going Down the Memory Hole

eom

[Kool Kitty]

3. According to an e-mail I got from Truthout,

the London Times reported this on Sunday. I'll bet that's where ABC got it. They also said that it was going to be buried. It'll be pretty easy this week, between the recall circus and the hurricane.