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In a story by Ronald Kessler at NewsMax,

Now it appears Drumheller's claim was untrue, according to the findings of a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence investigation. Rather than undercutting the Bush administration's rationale for invading Iraq, (Naji Sabri, the then Iraqi foreign minister)'s account shows how well-founded the intelligence on Saddam's weapons program appeared to be.

Ironically, just as Drumheller claimed that Bush ignored the truth about Iraq, the media have ignored the documentation in the Senate report demolishing Drumheller's claim.

An addenda to the Senate report on postwar findings about Iraq's WMD program says all the operational documents relating to Sabri indicate he told the CIA just the opposite of what Drumheller claimed. The Senate report refers to Sabri as a source with direct access to Saddam Hussein and his inner circle but does not name him.

"Both the operations cable and the intelligence report prepared for high-level policy-makers [based on interrogation of the source] said that while Saddam Hussein did not have a nuclear weapon, 'he was aggressively and covertly developing such a weapon,'" the Senate report said.

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Moreover, there is "not a single document relating to this case which indicates that the source said Iraq had no WMD programs," the addenda said. "On the contrary, all of the information about this case so far indicates that the information from this source was that Iraq did have WMD programs."

Let me just say, liberals get your head out of your a--. We are in Iraq for the right reasons. The UN which you so love, made demands/threats and it was Bush and a handful of supporters that backed the resolutions with military power. Once again, the UN is called on to deal with an Iran that wants to go nuclear. The UN believes in non-proliferation and makes demands/threats, but will not lift a finger to seek compliance. Once again, only Bush and a handful of supporters are left with just military power to force compliance. Shame on all you liberals!

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