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Article: Saddam is loaded weapon; Unaccounted-for arms remain lethal threat to United States.(Editorial)
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- The Boston Herald
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- February 9, 2003
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Byline: Dexter Ingram
Secretary of State Colin Powell and his detractors may not agree on the answer to the problems posed by Iraq and its genocidal leader, Saddam Hussein. But at least they agree on the question: Where is the smoking gun?
The detractors mean that unless United Nations inspectors defy all odds, overcome a near-complete lack of cooperation by Iraq and find weapons that threaten the United States, we have no reason to attack.
Bush administration officials ask the question in a more literal sense: Where have the 25,000 liters of anthrax gone? What about the 38,000 liters of botulinum toxin and the 500 tons of mustard, sarin and VX ...