Those pesky bio labs found in Iraq, you know, the two trailers, had been the pride and joy of the NutJobs as proof, actual and damning proof, that Sadam was in possession of WMD. At the time, there were rumors that these labs were nothing of the sort, but an "official" report of that was not made public. And so, the impression made by the Bush administration has held sway with the minions.
That is, until today. It appears that the reports were conveniently shelved in order to allow the Bush lie about WMD and the bio labs of terror to, you know, propagate.
The claim, repeated by top administration officials for months afterward, was hailed at the time as a vindication of the decision to go to war. But even as Bush spoke, U.S. intelligence officials possessed powerful evidence that it was not true.
A secret fact-finding mission to Iraq -- not made public until now -- had already concluded that the trailers had nothing to do with biological weapons. Leaders of the Pentagon-sponsored mission transmitted their unanimous findings to Washington in a field report on May 27, 2003, two days before the president's statement.
So, how do ya like dem apples?
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