Originally Posted by directfiesta

February 1, 2005

THE CONFLICT IN IRAQ

CIA Corrects Itself on Arms

- A report, the first of its kind, says Baghdad ended its chemical weapons program in '91.

WASHINGTON ? In what may be a formal acknowledgment of the obvious, the CIA has issued a classified report revising its prewar assessments on Iraq and concluding that Baghdad abandoned its chemical weapons programs in 1991, intelligence officials familiar with the document said.

The report marks the first time the CIA has officially disavowed its prewar judgments and is one in a series of updated assessments the agency is producing as part of an effort to correct its record on Iraq's alleged weapons programs, officials said.

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