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Trailers not WMD labs: report
15jun03
A BRITISH inquiry into two trailers found in northern Iraq has found
they are not mobile germ warfare labs, but were for the production of
hydrogen to fill artillery balloons, the Observer newspaper has reported.
The London-based weekly newspaper said the conclusion by biological
weapons experts was an embarrassment for Prime Minister Tony Blair,
who has claimed the discovery of the labs proved that Iraq retained
weapons of mass destruction and justified the case for going to war
against Saddam Hussein.
A British scientist and biological weapons expert, who examined the
trailers in Iraq, told the Observer: "They are not mobile germ warfare
laboratories.
"You could not use them for making biological weapons. They do not
even look like them. They are exactly what the Iraqis said they were
- facilities for the production of hydrogen gas to fill balloons."
Blair has for weeks been forced to defend himself against allegations
by the media that his office embellished intelligence on Iraq's weapons
of mass destruction to beef up the case for war.
Last week he said he would not appear before a parliamentary foreign
affairs committee probing the claims, but confirmed he would cooperate
with a separate inquiry by parliament's joint intelligence and security
committee - which meets behind closed doors, and whose reports are
subject to censorship by Downing Street.
Australia has also used the discovery of the trailers to justify its
role in the attack on Iraq.
America's CIA said last month the trailers appeared to be designed for
germ warfare, prompting Foreign Minister Alexander Downer to declare
their discovery as "very substantial".
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Source: Herald Sun ...
www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6600704%255E401,00.html
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