Powell admits no WMDs in Iraq (from ATSNN), page 1

US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who presented evidence of WMDs in Iraq to justify an invasion at the UN in 2003, today states that WMDs in Iraq 'will never be found.'

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell, who made the case to the world that pre-war Iraq had stocks of chemical and biological weapons, said on Monday he now thought these will probably never be found.

"I think it's unlikely that we will find any stockpiles," Powell told lawmakers when asked about the intelligence behind his Feb. 5, 2003, U.N. Security Council speech laying out U.S. arguments for the war with Iraq that began six weeks later.

Powell's latest comments appeared to be his most explicit to date suggesting that the central argument for President Bush's decision to invade Iraq -- the belief it possessed weapons of mass destruction -- was flawed.

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This lays to rest the notion that Iraq was in violation of UN charters about outlawed weapons. Iraq said they had none, and an 18-month search with total access to the country has found none. Fortunately, the administration has weaned the public off of the questions about the WMDs and why no 'smoking guns' appeared. The question now is whether or not the administration will survive politically now that they admit to being entirely and absolutely wrong, or even wittingly decietful about our reasons for going to war.