- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After
the 1991 Gulf War, Iraq destroyed all its chemical and biological weapons
and the missiles to deliver them, Saddam Hussein's slain son-in-law told
intelligence agencies and United Nations inspectors in 1995, Newsweek magazine
reported on Monday.
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- Hussein Kamel, who headed Iraq's nuclear, chemical, biological
and missile programs for 10 years, told his story to the CIA, British Military
Intelligence and UN inspectors, Newsweek said.
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- Kamel defected from Iraq, returned and was killed. According
to sources not named by the magazine, Kamel had "hoped his revelations
would trigger Saddam's overthrow, but when he realized the United States
would not support his dream of becoming Iraq's ruler, he decided to return."
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- The United Nations kept the story quiet, the magazine
said, "for two reasons. The inspectors hoped to bluff Saddam into
disclosing still more, and Iraq has never shown the documentation to support
Kamel's story."
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- Despite the destruction of weapons and missiles, Kamel
told his interrogators "Iraq had retained the design and engineering
details of these weapons," Newsweek said.
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- "Kamel talked of hidden blueprints, computer disks
microfiches and even missile warhead molds," the magazine reported.
Kamel told interrogators the technical material represented "the first
step to return to production."
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