USA
from the October 07, 2004 edition

A final take on Iraqi WMD
By Peter Grier and Faye Bowers　｜　Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON - Here's the US government' s bottom line: No, Iraq didn't have significant stockpiles of chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons at the time of the US-led invasion last spring. But the concept of weapons of mass destruction was important to Saddam Hussein.