I didn't mean that Scud missiles would be the delivery method used. What bothers me is that Iraq really hasn't been very technically adept in the past, nor has it been particularly competent militarily. Saddam Hussein is full of bluster, he takes calculated chances, and he's certainly a cruel dictator, but he wasn't even able to put up a fight in the Gulf War, in spite of all his talk. The Scud missiles were just an example of technical/military incompetence. Iran fought Iraq to a stalemate (in spite of Iraq's WMD program).
I think one can only characterize much of Saddam Hussein's actions as bumbling (dangerous, but bumbling). What has changed that he is suddenly able to develop an extremely high-quality biological weapon? (It also seems as if he may have figured out how to parlay his possession of it to both military and political advantage, but only time will tell on this.)
This makes me wonder if perhaps it's not Iraq after all. Maybe it's a country with a more competent scientific establishment (Pakistan? China? Maybe even Cuba?) Or maybe it's a coalition, with perhaps Iraq providing the political leadership and perhaps Pakistanis providing the scientific and technological development, or something like that?
Maybe I'm simply underestimating Iraq here. They were close enough to a nuclear weapon for Israel to destroy the Iraqi nuclear facilities, after all.
Well, I'm just musing here. It's hard to know what to make of all this.
Maybe it came from the moon.