David Kay, head of the CIA-led Iraq Survey Group, given the task of finding WMD in Iraq after the invasion, reported to the US Congress that no weapons of mass destruction have been found. Kay tried to shift the focus from the lack of WMD to the fact that Iraq had the intent to develop weapons and reporting that Hussein’s regime was testing missiles that violated UN resolutions, yet these issues cannot cover for the absence of WMD. How much did this investigation cost the United States? $300 million, while the administration is seeking another $600 million as part of the $87 billion funding package now before the Congress.

Common Dreams: 1,200 Weapons Inspectors Spent 90 Days in Iraq. The Exercise Cost $300m. And the Number of Weapons Found? 0

The Independent: 'We found nothing, despite Saddam's ambitions'

Transcript of Kay's Unclassified Testimony

On a related note, there continue to be questions about two trailers that have been cited by the Bush administration as proof of WMD in Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney, who called them “mobile biological facilities” and suggested that Iraq could have used them to make smallpox, is the most recent official to repeat this claim.

AP: U.S. re-examines Iraqi trailers to check bioweapon lab claims