That still leaves unanswered why the Iraqis would have unilaterally destroyed their most potent arms. One theory, advanced by the U.N., is that the regime used these exercises as a cover for retaining a fraction of their stores. The idea is that they would destroy quantities of weapons (creating a disposal site and eyewitnesses, if not written records) and claim to have got rid of everything yet actually hold on to some of it. The Mukhabarat captain concedes that scientists kept small amounts of VX and mustard gas for future experiments. "I saw it myself, several times," he says.
The authors of this article don't realise it but these two paragraphs with Iraqi's being quoted is a causus belli for war regime change and the invasion of Iraq.
It demonstrates their willingness to use them and the fact that they had them by their own words. It is but a phone call away to transfer these "small quantities" to Ansar al Islam, an Al Qaeda subsidiary. From there it's on to America.
Those who bitch and moan about the invasion of Iraq should have their heads examined, twice.