[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15177]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN IRAQ

  (Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, for months now, critics of 
the war in Iraq have asked the question: Where are the weapons of mass 
destruction? Recently former Vice President Al Gore said that none have 
been found in Iraq. Just as he was wrong when he said he was the 
inventor of the Internet, he is wrong on this point as well.
  Recently, Charles Duelfer, the head of the Iraq Survey Group, 
reported the finding of 12 mustard and sarin gas shells in various 
locations in Iraq. Intelligence sources say that these are still 
extremely dangerous shells.
  Mr. Duelfer also reported that terrorists in Iraq are trying to tap 
into the Iraqi WMD intellectual capital. They are keenly interested in 
developing chemical weapons in there and also in Afghanistan.
  So where are the weapons of mass destruction? Where they have always 
been, in the Iraqi area, within the reach of terrorists, a threat to 
U.S. troops, the region, and the world community as well.

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