- AS SAYLIYA CAMP, Qatar (Reuters)
- The U.S. military said on Sunday it had not yet found any weapons of
mass destruction and it believed there was a diminishing threat that Iraq
might use them as U.S.-led troops take over more territory.
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- "The places it's most likely to be found we haven't
even gotten to them yet," Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks told a briefing
at Central Command in Qatar.
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- Brooks said the farther the U.S.-led forces moved into
Iraq, the less opportunity there was for Iraq to use any weapons of mass
destruction it might have. Washington launched a war against Iraq on March
20, vowing to disarm it of weapons of mass destruction that Baghdad denies
it has.
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- "The closer we get ... there are fewer and fewer
options on what can be used to deliver weapons of mass destruction."
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- "As we continue to advance more areas are taken
away. We are pleased that it hasn't been used to date but not satisfied
that the threat has gone," Brooks said.
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