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  Iraqi mobile labs nothing to do with germ warfare, report finds
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Last EditedRP  Jun 15, 2003 06:19pm
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News DateSunday, June 15, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionAn official British investigation into two trailers found in northern Iraq has concluded they are not mobile germ warfare labs, as was claimed by Tony Blair and President George Bush, but were for the production of hydrogen to fill artillery balloons, as the Iraqis have continued to insist.

The conclusion by biological weapons experts working for the British Government is an embarrassment for the Prime Minister, who has claimed that the discovery of the labs proved that Iraq retained weapons of mass destruction and justified the case for going to war against Saddam Hussein.
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