I was assigned work with the ISG teams in Iraq. Our mission, after the height of the war was to seek out, record and destroy any, now known affectionally, "WMD."
There is still a lot of ground to cover .. and while we never found any of the "hot" weapons that are so often spoken of in the media, we found plenty of other nastiness to bide our time.
It is my opinion that Hussein did not any unconventional weapons that could have reached the US. I think anyone with some experience in the area already knew this, despite what the current Admin attempted to subtly imply.
As for other nasties, Bio/Chem .. it's possible Hussein had some left overs, but again, he would have been confined to his own AO without having the technology to advance his weapons systems for practical delivery.
I'm sure Syria was delivered some nice Easter baskets before and during the start up of the war. As far as finding anything noteworthy (by media and DNC standards) it is highly doubtful, but not an impossibility. Hussein was closer to restarting his program, IMO, than having production already up and running. Most of the documents found (many have been released for public consumption if anyone is interested in digging them up) indicate this as well as cooperation with various terrorist organisations.
Let's not forget, we have an insurgency going on right now. Our focus is on keeping the country from falling apart .. we don't have time to roam the deserts digging up every dark sand hill we come across, we're too busy attempting to save lives.
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