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The Un Stopped Using Chalabi's Information As A Basis For Conducting Inspections Once The Tenuous Nature Of His Sources And His Dubious Motivations Became Clear. Unfortunately, The Same Cannot Be Said For The Mainstream Us Media, Which Give Prominent Coverage To Sources Of Information That, Had They Not Been Related To Hussein's Iraq, Would Normally Be Immediately Dismissed.

Weapons Of Mass Destruction Aren't Pulled Out Of A Black Hat Like A White Rabbit At A Magic Show. They're Produced In Factories. There's Science And Technology Involved. They're Not Produced In A Hole In The Ground Or In A Basement.

Our Guys Working This Area For A Living All Believe Chalabi And All Those Guys In Their Bond Street Suits Are Charlatans. To Take Them For A Source Of Anything Except A Fantasy Trip Would Be A Real Stretch. But It's An Article Of Faith Among Those With No Military Experience That The Iraqi Military Is Low-hanging Fruit.

It Has Been Estimated That 80 Percent Of The Oil Illegally Smuggled Out Of Iraq Under Oil For Food Ended Up In The United States.

I Think The Danger Right Now Is That Without Effective Inspections, Without Effective Monitoring, Iraq Can In A Very Short Period Of Time Measured In Months, Reconstitute Chemical And Biological Weapons, Long-range Ballistic Missiles To Deliver These Weapons, And Even Certain Aspects Of Their Nuclear Weaponization Program.