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Iraq Had Secret Labs, Officer Says
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| Contributor | Tony82 |
| Last Edited | Tony82 Jun 10, 2003 08:46pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Sunday, June 8, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Saddam Hussein's intelligence services set up a network of clandestine cells and small laboratories after 1996 with the goal of someday rebuilding illicit chemical and biological weapons, according to a former senior Iraqi intelligence officer.
The officer, who held the rank of brigadier general, said each closely guarded weapons team had three or four scientists and other experts who were unknown to U.N. inspectors. He said they worked on computers and conducted crude experiments in bunkers and back rooms in safe houses around Baghdad.
He insisted they did not produce any illegal arms and that none now exist in Iraq. But he said the teams met regularly and put plans on paper to quickly develop weapons of mass destruction if U.N. sanctions against Iraq were lifted.
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