Ashcroft Offers War Justification for Iraq
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From Times Wire Reports
Even if banned weapons are never found in Iraq, the U.S.-led war was justified because it eliminated the threat that Saddam Hussein might use them, Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft said.
Ashcroft, during a visit to Austria, was alluding to Baghdad’s use of chemical arms against Iraqi Kurds in 1988 and during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.
His comments came a day after David Kay, who resigned last week as top U.S. weapons inspector, said he believed Iraq had no large stockpiles of such weapons.
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