Here’s the “magic bullet” that proves there were WMDs in Iraq at the time we invaded in 2003. These were WMDs that were sealed in bunkers under UN supervision prior to 1998. The bunkers had been breached and it was too dangerous for the Iraq survey group to enter them. So the lie of the left is exposed. Amazing how the media can re-write history.
From this report in 2007
https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/iraq_wmd_2004/chap5_annxB.html
Stockpiles of chemical munitions are still stored there. The most dangerous ones have been declared to the UN and are sealed in bunkers. Although declared, the bunkers contents have yet to be confirmed. These areas of the compound pose a hazard to civilians and potential blackmarketers.
Numerous bunkers, including eleven cruciform shaped bunkers were exploited. Some of the bunkers were empty. Some of the bunkers contained large quantitiesof unfilled chemical munitions, conventional munitions, one-ton shipping containers, old disabled production equipment (presumed disabled under UNSCOM supervision), and other hazardous industrial chemicals. The bunkers were dual-use in storing both conventional and chemical munitions. Figure 12 is a typical side-view of a cruciform shaped bunker.
The contents of two of the cruciform bunkers bombed during Desert Storm showed severe damage. Due to the hazards associated with this location, the UN decided to seal the bunkers.
UNSCOM viewed the contents of the two bunkers; however an accurate inventory was not possible due to the hazards associated with that environment.
UNSCOM relied upon Iraqi accountability of the bunkers’ contents and assessed the amount of munitions declared to be realistic.
Military field testing equipment showed positive for possible CW agent in the cruciform bunkers that contained munitions and a storage bunker that contained bulk chemical storage containers. Note: this is not unusual given the munitions once stored there and the conditions in which they were stored post 1994.
I take your point. It’s not entirely clear what was there before the 2003 invasion, but the bunkers had been raided and there is a real possibility that some WMDs were removed.
What I don’t get is why Bush is so insistent that WMDs were not found. In fact, so far as I know, no one in his administration has claimed that WMDs were found. So in a real sense, it’s not just “the lie of the left”, but the lie of the Bush administration as well.