There were no chemical or biological weapons with the containerized labs, which measure 20 feet square.
In the absence of any significant discoveries of chemical or biological weapons the real reason becomes more apparent.
He warned, "we cannot have a situation where chemical or biological weapons are falling into the hands of the wrong people".
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.
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.
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.
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.
Iraq has also said it will meet a December 8th deadline to declare details of any of its programmes involving chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.
Iraq, though, has repeatedly claimed that the inspectors will not find anything because the country no longer has any programmes to make chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.
LifePoint's device measures drugs in saliva by using a chemical the Navy used during the Gulf War to detect biological or chemical weapons in the air.
Not long ago, the Bush administration quietly asserted that it might use nuclear weapons in a conflict first if the US suffers a biological or chemical weapons attack.
Hossam Amin, the former chief of Iraq's National Monitoring Directorate, may be able to provide information on the whereabouts of Iraq's suspected stocks of chemical and biological weapons or of ousted leader Saddam Hussein.
That may change this time, especially if soldiers face a real threat of biological or chemical weapons.
Sir MICHAEL QUINLAN (British Defense Ministry): I see the theoretical case for brandishing the option of first use if anybody else uses biological or chemical weapons, but I think the realism of having to do that is very low, and it seems to me unfortunate at a time when everyone is expecting the five nuclear powers to downplay nuclear weapons, to reduce their salience.
Likewise, the administration's declaration that it would not unleash nukes on non-weapons states that lived by the rules of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was criticised either for being unwise (because it curtailed deterrence against biological and chemical weapons), or misleading (because it is so full of loopholes that it does not curtail deterrence much at all).
This will allow them, for instance, to demand to be shown evidence of what has become of missiles that could be filled with chemical or biological agents, or the stocks of previously uncovered material that might be used to make such weapons.
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