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‘The Special Commission was created for the purpose of disarming Iraq. The sad truth is that Iraq today is not disarmed anywhere near the level required by Security Council resolutions. As you know, Unscom has good reason to believe that there are significant numbers of proscribed [ie mass destruction] weapons and related components and the means to manufacture such weapons unaccounted for in Iraq today.’
‘Iraq has lied to the Special Commission and the world since day one concerning the true scope and nature of its proscribed programmes and weapons systems. The lie has been perpetuated over the years through systematic acts of concealment; the Commission has uncovered indisputable proof of a systematic concealment mechanism run by the Presidency of Iraq and protected by Iraqi security forces.’
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http://www.observer.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4501425,00.html
It should be noted that Ritter is the only ex-inspector to ever say that Iraq was 90-95% disarmed(not 99%, no one has said that). He wasn’t saying that in 1998. Perhaps he knew something no one else knew as of 2000, when he changed his views?