All are quotations: We judge that Iraq has... chemical and biological weapons. (5)
Since inspections ended in 1998 Iraq has... energized its missile program and invested more heavily in biolgical weapons; in the view of most agencies, Baghdad is reconstituting its nuclear weapons program. (5) If Baghdad acquires sufficient fissile material from abroad [JDG - i.e. Nigerian yellowcake] it could make a nuclear weapon within several months to a year. Without such material from abroad, Iraq would probably not be able to make a [nuclear] weapon until 2007 or 2009. (10) Iraq retains approximately two-and-a-half tons of 2.5 percent enriched uranium oxide, which... could... produce... about two nuclear weapons. ...Iraq could divert this material - the IAEA inspects it only once a year - and enrich it to weapons grade before a subsequent inspection discovered it was missing. (24-25) JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
