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War against Iraq just even if no WMDs found: US lawmakers
Washington, Jun 01: Senior US lawmakers from both major political parties today said the war on Iraq was justified even if US allegations that Iraq was in possession of weapons of mass destruction turn out to be false.
Washington, Jun 01: Senior US lawmakers from both major political parties today said the war on Iraq was justified even if US allegations that Iraq was in possession of weapons of mass destruction turn out to be false.
"I still believe we will find those weapons," Senator John McCain told a TV channel.
"Obviously all of us are disappointed that we haven't found more so far."
But McCain, an Arizona Republican who is a leading voice in the US legislature on foreign policy matters, said there is "ample testimony to the brutality and repressiveness of this regime," and that in his opinion "our liberation of Iraq was fully vindicated."
Connecticut Democratic senator Christopher Dodd said "obviously it's going to be important for us to get the answer to the question of whether or not those weapons were there."
But Dodd, a senior member of the Senate foreign relations committee, said that even if the evidence of an Iraqi weapons programme had been doctored by US intelligence, "I would still come to the same conclusion," and vote in favour of a US-led invasion of Iraq.
"This is a regime that has used, has stored, housed, and used weapons of mass destruction against his own people, and clearly other evidence that demonstrates his capacities to acquire additional weapons of mass destruction where there," said Dodd.
Meanwhile, Senator Bob Graham, who's running for the Democratic presidential nomination, warned that the failure to find weapons in Iraq could carry a political cost for President George W Bush.
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"Obviously all of us are disappointed that we haven't found more so far."
But McCain, an Arizona Republican who is a leading voice in the US legislature on foreign policy matters, said there is "ample testimony to the brutality and repressiveness of this regime," and that in his opinion "our liberation of Iraq was fully vindicated."
Connecticut Democratic senator Christopher Dodd said "obviously it's going to be important for us to get the answer to the question of whether or not those weapons were there."
But Dodd, a senior member of the Senate foreign relations committee, said that even if the evidence of an Iraqi weapons programme had been doctored by US intelligence, "I would still come to the same conclusion," and vote in favour of a US-led invasion of Iraq.
"This is a regime that has used, has stored, housed, and used weapons of mass destruction against his own people, and clearly other evidence that demonstrates his capacities to acquire additional weapons of mass destruction where there," said Dodd.
Meanwhile, Senator Bob Graham, who's running for the Democratic presidential nomination, warned that the failure to find weapons in Iraq could carry a political cost for President George W Bush.
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