More spin on the missing WMD. From the bottom:
It states that Saddam Hussein's regime had a clandestine
network of biological laboratories," Bush said. "They had a
live strain of deadly agent called botulinum. And he had
sophisticated concealment efforts. In other words, he's
hiding his program."
A network of two dozen laboratories and safe houses was
secretly set up and maintained by Iraqi intelligence services,
Kay said in his conference call. He said investigators have
visited the facilities and equipment in them was "suitable" for
chemical or biological weapons research and should have
been declared to the United Nations.
As for the botulinum, Kay said an Iraqi scientist, whom he did
not identify, had stored a single vial of the live toxin, as well
as a more virulent pathogen, in his kitchen refrigerator at
home in 1993. Kay said the scientist had small children and
grew fearful "after a couple of days," so he returned the more
toxic vial to his boss.
But Kay said the stored sample of botulinum was still "viable"
after a decade and thus could be used to create a biological
warfare agent. His report notes that the scientist passed a
polygraph about Saddam's plans to reconstitute a
bioweapons programs, and that he told investigators about
"a large cache" of microbe agents. Teams are "actively
searching for this second cache," Kay reported.
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