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NEWS ABOUT: WMD

WMD stories: 16 news summaries

(Newser) - As the US confronts Iran over its nuclear program, many Americans can’t help but flash back to 2003, when Colin Powell made a compelling case before the UN that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Is the uproar over Iran’s Qom facility the same kind of smoke and... More »

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Iran • intelligence • nuclear • nuclear program • WMD • Iraq mess • Qom

 Obama, Medvedev Agree 
 to New Nuclear Arms Talks 

President will visit Moscow in July

Apr 1, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev pledged to "move beyond Cold War mentalities" at their first ever meeting, at the American ambassador's residence in London. The two presidents agreed to negotiate a new weapons treaty that would see both countries reduce their nuclear stockpiles—the first such... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • nuclear weapons • Cold War • WMD • Dmitry Medvedev • nuclear arsenal

OPINION

'Naive' Hillary Underestimates North Korea

Pyongyang can't be trusted with any nuclear program, says Bolton

Feb 18, 09 8:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has embarked on an Asian tour armed with Bush-administration rhetoric and precious little understanding of the gravity of the North Korean situation, writes John R.  Bolton in a Los Angeles Times op-ed. The secretary of state is attempting to gain further support for American efforts to block... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • Asia • John Bolton • WMD • nuclear disarmament • weapons of mass destruction

 Rice Regrets 
 Bad Iraq Intel, 
 But Not Invasion 

Former State chief also denies that race clouded Bush Katrina response

Jan 29, 09 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice appeared on The View today to defend Bush administration policies, and lament a few key mistakes, the Los Angeles Times reports. Rice expressed regret that weapons of mass destruction never surfaced in Iraq—but stands behind the ouster of Saddam Hussein. Rice also said Hurricane Katrina was “... More »

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Bush administration • Saddam Hussein • Hurricane Katrina • The View • Condoleezza Rice • secretary of State • WMD • weapons of mass destruction • Iraq war • George W. Bush

 Cheney: I OK'd Waterboarding 

VP gave go ahead for 'remarkably successful' tactic

Dec 16, 08 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Vice President Dick Cheney personally approved using waterboarding to interrogate 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, he reveals in a wide-ranging interview on ABC News. "I was  involved in helping get the process cleared. The agency came in and wanted to know what they could and couldn't do," said... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Dick Cheney • torture • Karl Rove • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • interrogation • WMD • Guantanamo prisoners • waterboarding • weapons of mass destruction • George W. Bush

opinion

 US Needs 
 Wake-Up Call 
 on Pakistan 

Patchwork approach has failed—time for a more holistic view

Dec 8, 08 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Pacifying Pakistan could prove more difficult than democratizing Iraq, a hard reality that may be eased somewhat by a US special envoy, George Packer writes in the New Yorker. Packer, who backs the appointment of Richard Holbrooke, cautions that anything other than a holistic approach could spell trouble. “Years... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • counterterrorism • foreign policy • WMD • Richard Holbrooke

 Obama to Fill 
 WMD Post 
 Bush Ignored 

Dem has long focused on stopping proliferation of nuclear, chemical arms

Dec 3, 08 2:24 PM CST
(Newser) - President-elect Obama will hire an official to oversee efforts to stop terrorists from gaining nuclear and biological weapons, the Boston Globe reports, a position the Bush administration approved but left unfilled. Such efforts are currently spread among many agencies, and a report predicting a deadly attack within 5 years using... More »

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Iran • Bush administration • nuclear proliferation • Joe Biden • North Korea • terrorism • Pakistan • nuclear weapons • WMD • Janet Napolitano • bioterrorism • President Obama

(AP) - The US can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed tomorrow to Vice President-elect Joe Biden. It suggests the Obama administration bolster efforts to counter and prepare for germ warfare by terrorists. "Our margin... More »

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chemical warfare • WMD • biological warfare • bioterrorism

Plame Cover-Up Continues, McClellan Says on Hill

Bush lacking 'openness and candor' by not coming clean in leak case, on Iraq run-up

Jun 20, 08 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scott McClellan took to Capitol Hill today, and in what one Republican dismissed as “book-of-the-month club” meeting, took on the CIA leak case and the Iraq war, among other topics. The former White House press secretary said he didn’t know if a crime had been committed in the... More »

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Valerie Plame • Lewis Scooter Libby • WMD • Scott McClellan • George W. Bush

Bush, Advisers Misled US
on Iraq: Senate Report

Dem-led committee blasts administration; Republicans dismiss 'partisan exercise'

Jun 5, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration distorted facts in justifying the invasion of Iraq and overstated Saddam Hussein’s links to al-Qaeda, a long-delayed report from the Senate intelligence committee concludes. Bush and his advisers also ignored doubts about Iraq’s possession of weapons of mass destruction in constructing their case for military... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Saddam Hussein • September 11 • Senate Intelligence Committee • US intelligence • WMD • John D. Rockefeller • weapons of mass destruction • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Rogue al-Qaeda Backers Call for
Nuke Attack in Online Video

But no evidence of specific plot, says FBI

May 28, 08 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda supporters will use an Internet video to call for the use of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons in a new attack on civilians in the West, reports ABC News. FBI officials have alerted US law enforcement of the tape, said a spokesman, but emphasized that there is no evidence... More »

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War on Terror • Israel • terrorism • FBI • nuclear weapons • Department of Homeland Security • Osama bin Laden • WMD • weapons of mass destruction • al-Qaeda • Ayman al-Zawahiri

Saddam Faked Nukes to
Scare Iran, Not US: Agent

Did not believe US would invade over weapons of mass destruction

Jan 25, 08 5:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Saddam Hussein revealed in FBI interrogations that he had no nuclear or biological weapons of mass destruction, but hid that fact to avoid invasion by Iran—and was stunned when the US invaded. "For him, it was critical that he was seen as the strong, defiant Saddam to prevent... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Saddam Hussein • FBI • nuclear weapons • chemical weapons • interrogation • WMD • weapons of mass destruction • George Piro • Dora Farms • biological weapons

Group Counts 932 Falsehoods in Runup to War

False statements by Bush, top officials were 'orchestrated campaign'

Jan 23, 08 9:09 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush and top administration officials made hundreds of false statements—932, to be exact—about the national security threat from Iraq following 9/11, report two nonprofit journalism organizations. In the two years after the attacks, Bush and top officials stated at least 532 times that Iraq had weapons of... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • nuclear weapons • September 11 • WMD • weapons • weapons of mass destruction • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush

Gates: Iran
Still a Threat
to Security

Nukes aside, defense secretary lists Tehran's destabilizing activities

Dec 8, 07 9:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran is still a grave threat to regional security, with or without nuclear weapons, Robert Gates told a Persian Gulf conference today. The defense secretary challenged Tehran, which crowed over a recent US intelligence reassessment of its halted nuclear program, to acknowledge other American intelligence findings of destabilizing activities. More »

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Iran • Persian Gulf • Hamas • Hezbollah • terrorist • WMD

Impeach Cheney Resolution Hits House Floor

Kucinich bill sent off to committee, not fast enough for some Dems

Nov 6, 07 10:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Dennis Kucinich's dogged campaign to impeach Dick Cheney had its moment in the spotlight today, when Kucinich brought his bill to to the House floor and, with an unexpected assist from Republicans hoping to embarrass the majority party, it was nearly opened for debate. GOP members voted to allow debate... More »

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Dick Cheney • House Judiciary Committee • Dennis Kucinich • impeachment • WMD

Book Details How a Curveball Spun Into a War

Iraqi defector lied on WMDs, but CIA was a willing dupe

Oct 16, 07 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Iraqi defector codenamed Curveball, a primary source behind the WMD intelligence that inspired the invasion, is the subject of a new book that bears his handle, but  the CIA is the most guilty party in author Bob Drogin's account.  Analysts “twisted” and “magnified” the low-level engineer's... More »

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CIA • Germany • WMD • whistleblowers • Curveball • defectors

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