William Scott Ritter Biography

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I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measure the months, reconstitute chemical biological weapons, long-range ballistic missiles to deliver these weapons, and even certain aspects of their nuclear weaponization

Iraq today is challenging the special commission to come up with a weapon and say where is the weapon in Iraq, and yet part of their efforts to conceal their capabilities, I believe, have been to disassemble weapons into various components and to hide these

Ritter said: "Iraq still has proscribed weapons capability. There needs to be a careful distinction here.

components throughout Iraq.

program.

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components throughout Iraq.

I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measure the months, reconstitute chemical biological weapons, long-range ballistic missiles to deliver these weapons, and even certain aspects of their nuclear weaponization

Iraq today is challenging the special commission to come up with a weapon and say where is the weapon in Iraq, and yet part of their efforts to conceal their capabilities, I believe, have been to disassemble weapons into various components and to hide these

program.

Ritter said: "Iraq still has proscribed weapons capability. There needs to be a careful distinction here.

Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter later accused some UNSCOM personnel of spying,[32] and also alleged that the purpose of the spying was to target Saddam in the bombing

Says "...Iraq has been disarmed. Iraq today possesses no meaningful weapons of mass destruction capability."

Says "...Iraq has been disarmed. Iraq today possesses no meaningful weapons of mass destruction capability."