He fooled you all! 
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Saddam 'may have bluffed' on WMDs
Saddam Hussein may have been pretending to possess weapons of mass destruction, the US Congress is expected to be told by the man in charge of the US-led hunt for Iraqi weapons.
David Kay will tell the intelligence committees of both houses of Congress that Saddam pretended his battlefield commanders had chemical weapons, in order to deter invasion, according to the Washington Post.
At closed briefings on Thursday, he is also widely expected to say that so far no weapons have been found.
The BBC's Justin Webb says that, although the results are only provisional, it is fair to predict that they will not be the findings the Bush administration wanted or expected to see.
Mr Kay, a former UN weapons inspector, heads the Iraq Survey Group, which has been hunting for weapons of mass destruction since the end of the war in Iraq.
The failure of the US-led coalition to make any significant discoveries so far has led to criticism, particularly in the UK, of the decision to invade Iraq.
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair again called for patience over the search for banned weapons.
In a Thursday television interview he said: "I think people should wait, just wait until you see the report.
"This is an interim report and the issue that people should focus on is this: 'Will they disclose evidence that this is a breach of the United Nations resolutions that would have triggered a war with UN support if that information had been before the UN?'" he said.
Little to tell?
Mr Kay's report comes as Congress debates President George W Bush's request for $87bn for spending on Iraq and Afghanistan.
One element of that budget is $600m to pay for further searches for evidence that Saddam Hussein did possess weapons of mass destruction, according to the New York Times.
If the budget is approved, the ISG will boost its staff by 200 to 1,400.
According to the leaks from Mr Kay's report, Saddam Hussein sent his generals authorization to use WMDs against advancing US troops.
President Bush in turn quoted these commands, referring to "the very weapons the dictator tells the world he does not have".
However, Mr Kay's report might imply that such commands were false and deliberately intended to confuse the international community.
Release
Mr Kay will give separate addresses to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, and details of his remarks are not due to be released officially.
"I don't think he's going to have a lot to tell us," said Jay Rockefeller, the senior Democrat on the Senate committee.
Committee chairman Pat Roberts, a Republican, said he was increasingly uncertain about Iraq's alleged possession of WMDs.
"At one point I'm sure they did. Where they are now and what point they are now, I just don't know."
Some officials in the Pentagon are saying there is evidence of secret Iraqi preparations to produce chemical or biological weapons.
Mr Kay is expected to report that Saddam Hussein never abandoned his attempts to build WMDs, the Washington Post reports.
The paper says Mr Kay will also report that Iraq bought supplies that could have been used to build banned weapons, after UN inspectors left the country in 1998.
Jane Harman, the senior Democrat on the House committee, said she would try to force the release of details from Mr Kay's report.
"There is a high level of public interest in this question and I'm not sure I understand why everything must be kept confidential," she said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3157246.stm
Saddam 'may have bluffed' on WMDs
Saddam Hussein may have been pretending to possess weapons of mass destruction, the US Congress is expected to be told by the man in charge of the US-led hunt for Iraqi weapons.
David Kay will tell the intelligence committees of both houses of Congress that Saddam pretended his battlefield commanders had chemical weapons, in order to deter invasion, according to the Washington Post.
At closed briefings on Thursday, he is also widely expected to say that so far no weapons have been found.
The BBC's Justin Webb says that, although the results are only provisional, it is fair to predict that they will not be the findings the Bush administration wanted or expected to see.
Mr Kay, a former UN weapons inspector, heads the Iraq Survey Group, which has been hunting for weapons of mass destruction since the end of the war in Iraq.
The failure of the US-led coalition to make any significant discoveries so far has led to criticism, particularly in the UK, of the decision to invade Iraq.
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair again called for patience over the search for banned weapons.
In a Thursday television interview he said: "I think people should wait, just wait until you see the report.
"This is an interim report and the issue that people should focus on is this: 'Will they disclose evidence that this is a breach of the United Nations resolutions that would have triggered a war with UN support if that information had been before the UN?'" he said.
Little to tell?
Mr Kay's report comes as Congress debates President George W Bush's request for $87bn for spending on Iraq and Afghanistan.
One element of that budget is $600m to pay for further searches for evidence that Saddam Hussein did possess weapons of mass destruction, according to the New York Times.
If the budget is approved, the ISG will boost its staff by 200 to 1,400.
According to the leaks from Mr Kay's report, Saddam Hussein sent his generals authorization to use WMDs against advancing US troops.
President Bush in turn quoted these commands, referring to "the very weapons the dictator tells the world he does not have".
However, Mr Kay's report might imply that such commands were false and deliberately intended to confuse the international community.
Release
Mr Kay will give separate addresses to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, and details of his remarks are not due to be released officially.
"I don't think he's going to have a lot to tell us," said Jay Rockefeller, the senior Democrat on the Senate committee.
Committee chairman Pat Roberts, a Republican, said he was increasingly uncertain about Iraq's alleged possession of WMDs.
"At one point I'm sure they did. Where they are now and what point they are now, I just don't know."
Some officials in the Pentagon are saying there is evidence of secret Iraqi preparations to produce chemical or biological weapons.
Mr Kay is expected to report that Saddam Hussein never abandoned his attempts to build WMDs, the Washington Post reports.
The paper says Mr Kay will also report that Iraq bought supplies that could have been used to build banned weapons, after UN inspectors left the country in 1998.
Jane Harman, the senior Democrat on the House committee, said she would try to force the release of details from Mr Kay's report.
"There is a high level of public interest in this question and I'm not sure I understand why everything must be kept confidential," she said.
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