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almarst2003 - 09:16am Sep 14, 2003 EST (# 13650 of 13655)

LONDON, Sept. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Britain and the United States have decided to delay the publication of a full report on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction after inspectors found no evidence that any such weapons exist in the country, the British Sunday Times newspaper reported on Sunday.

�@�@Efforts by the Iraq Survey Group, an Anglo-American team of 1,400 scientists, military and intelligence experts, to scour Iraq for the past four months to uncover evidence of chemical and biological weapons have so far ended in failure, the paper said.

�@�@It has been expected that a progress report would be published Monday, the paper said, but some British lawmakers on the parliamentary security and intelligence committee have been told that this has been delayed and no new date set.

�@�@The paper also said British defense intelligence sources confirmed last week that the final report, due to be submitted by David Kay, the survey group's leader, to George Tenet, head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), had been delayed and may not necessarily even be published.

�@�@Threats from the Iraq's alleged banned weapons were used by Britain and the United States as the major justification for the US-led war against Iraq. Enditem

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-09/14/content_1080519.htm

WHAT A SHINY CITY ON THE HILL!

almarst2003 - 09:28am Sep 14, 2003 EST (# 13651 of 13655)

Wolfowitz Retreats on Al Qaeda Charge - http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/13/international/middleeast/13WOLF.html?ex=1064479187&ei=1&en=e2d5c6c875080a9b

In a television interview on Thursday's anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said "a great many" operatives of Al Qaeda were working to link up with Iraqis loyal to Saddam's regime to attack Americans. But today Mr. Wolfowitz, an architect of American policy in Iraq, said he had misspoken.

almarst2003 - 09:33am Sep 14, 2003 EST (# 13652 of 13655)

Iraq war costs escalate sharply - Toll on troops, equipment will mean higher spending for years - http://www.msnbc.com/news/966069.asp?0cv=CA00

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