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WMDs were found. The news was picked up for a couple minutes in between coverage of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse. Apparently the Sarin gas-tipped artillery shells were not "enough" WMD to really count as WMD.




That is not at all why the story was dropped.

The story was heavily covered at the time by every major news network for over 3 days -- until investigations found the shells dated from before the first Persian Gulf War (back when we knew he had WMDs) and the investigation concluded that the shells were likely misplaced, misappropriated, or stolen from a (later destroyed by UN-regulations) stockpile. They were not proof of a continuing WMD program so the story wasn't important anymore.

We have yet to find any concrete evidence of a WMD program that continued after sanctions. That is the crucial evidence that is needed to be found.

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