Monday, 5 March 2012

IRAQ CAN REBUILD WEAPONRY IN A FEW YEARS, GATES SAYS.(Main)

Byline: Associated Press

Despite damage from the Persian Gulf war, Iraq can rebuild its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons capacity within a few years, CIA Director Robert Gates told Congress on Wednesday.

Biological weapons production could be brought back most quickly, Gates said at a hearing of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. Chemical weapons could be produced almost immediately in modest quantities and production could be fully restored in a year or so, he said.

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