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Several programmes dealing with WMD uncovered in Iraq: Powell
Washington, Oct 04: Several programmes dealing with weapons of mass destruction have been uncovered in Iraq by the team of US weapons searchers led by David Kay, the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell has said.
Washington, Oct 04: Several programmes dealing with weapons of mass destruction have been uncovered in Iraq by the team of US weapons searchers led by David Kay, the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell has said.
There are "dozens and dozens" of programmes that Dr.
David Kay and his team of inspectors have uncovered in Iraq
dealing with WMD, Powell said here yesterday at a joint
appearance with Hungarian foreign minister, Laszlo Koves.
"The Kay report also talks about a number of issues the US presented to the UN Security Council on February 5 in New York -- missiles that exceed the ranges permitted by the UN that could go out to a thousand kilometres, and unmanned aerial vehicles that Iraq was developing," Powell said.
Kay documents the fact that Iraq was doing everything it could to hide things from the UN inspectors who were sent in last year, he said.
With respect to chemical weapons, there were hundreds of facilities that had to be looked at -- 600,000 tonnes of munitions that the team had to go through to see if there were any chemical munitions among them, Powell said.
"Kay talks about the hard drives that have been destroyed and about the possibility of laboratories where human beings were exposed to biological agents for testing purposes," the US Secretary of State said. Bureau Report
"The Kay report also talks about a number of issues the US presented to the UN Security Council on February 5 in New York -- missiles that exceed the ranges permitted by the UN that could go out to a thousand kilometres, and unmanned aerial vehicles that Iraq was developing," Powell said.
Kay documents the fact that Iraq was doing everything it could to hide things from the UN inspectors who were sent in last year, he said.
With respect to chemical weapons, there were hundreds of facilities that had to be looked at -- 600,000 tonnes of munitions that the team had to go through to see if there were any chemical munitions among them, Powell said.
"Kay talks about the hard drives that have been destroyed and about the possibility of laboratories where human beings were exposed to biological agents for testing purposes," the US Secretary of State said. Bureau Report