There were no chemical or biological weapons with the containerized labs, which measure 20 feet square.
Americans should be expected to sustain casualties, however, especially if Iraqi forces use chemical or biological weapons.
In the absence of any significant discoveries of chemical or biological weapons the real reason becomes more apparent.
U.S. or its allies suffering one chemical or biological weapons attack or many.
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Our nuclear deterrent also may discourage use of other weapons of mass destruction, such as chemical or biological weapons.
Duelfer, considered a tough-minded pragmatist, has recently expressed skepticism that any chemical or biological weapons will be found in Iraq.
He warned, "we cannot have a situation where chemical or biological weapons are falling into the hands of the wrong people".
Such a missile would also have the inherent capability of delivering nuclear, chemical or biological weapons virtually anywhere in the world.
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Those on Mr Bush's worry-list have nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or are trying hard to get them, despite treaty promises not to.
Al-Assad should hear that NATO will intervene directly if he uses chemical or biological weapons or if he gives them to his dangerous allies.
"It should not be surprising to learn that they conducted experiments with chemical or biological weapons, " said Feinstein, who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Government sources told the magazine the U.S. suspects that members of bin Laden's group may have planned to use cropdusting planes to spread chemical or biological weapons.
"The Assad regime should not doubt our resolve, or miscalculate how we would react to any use of chemical or biological weapons against the Syrian people, " he said.
Particularly if equipped with chemical or biological weapons (which the Syrians and Iranians have in abundance), such missiles would pose a mortal threat to Israel and her people.
Other Europeans, for their part, assured Mrs Albright that they shared American worries about ballistic missiles and chemical or biological weapons in the hands of dictators or terrorists.
High temperatures can make transportation difficult and prove deeply uncomfortable for soldiers, especially if they have to wear special suits to protect themselves against chemical or biological weapons.
In the first Gulf War we made it very clear that if Saddam used chemical or biological weapons then the United States would keep all options on the table.
During his oral briefing to the UN Security Council on Friday, Hans Blix failed to disclose a huge undeclared Iraqi unmanned aircraft (UAV), likely designed to deliver chemical or biological weapons.
In fact, neither Iran nor North Korea will be negotiated out of the nuclear weapons programs (or their chemical or biological weapons, which are not even on the horizon for discussion).
Asked what they though terrorists might do next, 37 percent said attack with chemical or biological weapons, while 18 percent expect a bombing or an attack on a public place or infrastructure.
Earlier Friday, a top U.S. military commander said he was surprised that Iraqi forces did not defend themselves with chemical or biological weapons and questioned whether field commanders had received faulty intelligence.
The growing evidence that the U.S. disarmed, while nations that might use chemical or biological weapons against us did not, was only one of the dangerous absurdities of the arms control delusion.
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Iraq has agreed to let the inspectors back after a four-year absence, while continuing to deny that it has chemical or biological weapons, and that it is attempting to build nuclear arms.
These are, after all, just the latest in a series of indicators that the Iraqi despot might use chemical or biological weapons if the United States has to disarm his regime by force.
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There is reason to be concerned that Saddam still has a small number of such missiles, perhaps equipped with chemical or biological weapons, and may use them in the event hostilities with Iraq resume.
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"Currently, we have identified no infectious agent common to all of the cases, " the statement said, adding that no evidence exists that the cases were caused by exposure to chemical or biological weapons, SARS or environmental toxins.
There the intelligence community not only got most of it wrong -- there was no active nuclear program, nor were there chemical or biological weapons stockpiles -- we compounded the mistake with overconfident language that invited others to use intelligence as evidence.
But the latest flap is not about chemical or biological weapons the most widely publicised of Iraq's alleged holdings but about claims that George Bush's team may have misled the public about Iraq's efforts to revive its nuclear-weapons programme, which it was forced to discontinue after the first Gulf war.
In the absence of a nuclear-arms programme, chemical or biological weapons, or any credible links between the Iraqi regime and al-Qaeda, the question is what American national interest was at stake that justified sacrificing the lives of American and Iraqi soldiers and civilians, straining ties with America's oldest allies and riding roughshod over international institutions?
And while we haven't yet found, and may not find, stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons in Iraq, David Kay reports that the Iraq survey group has obtained corroborative evidence of Saddam's nuclear, chemical and biological programs, covert laboratories, advanced missile programs, and Iraq's program active right up to the start of the war to conceal WMD-related developments from the U.N. inspectors.
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