The remaining delivery systems were more important than the chemical & bio weapons. Saddam’s records reveal that he kept the recipe for all WMDs in the files and did not destroy them.
Therefore, the issue was delivery systems.
1. Delivery bombs, missiles, etc., have been found again and again even though they were to be destroyed. Commenting on the age of the chemical inside them is silly. Of course it gets old. The issue is having the delivery device.
2. Terrorists are also delivery systems; especially suicidal terrorists. Saddam kept a number of them around, to include Al Qaeda sub-group led by al Zarqawi.
Saddam did not need stockpiles of WMD but he had chemicals, biological agents and equipment available to whip up his illicit weapons in short order.
He stored everything at civilian establishments for later use.
Saddam can technically say to the UN “he was WMD FREE.”
Kay did mentioned “Break apart capability” or “Just in Time Manufacturing?”
This is dangerous technology.
Wide spread proliferation and undetectable because of its dual use nature.
If the Iraqi scientist were able to streamline their system down by using civilian dual use equipment and make the operation portable.....it would be a terrorist dream to have.