Final Iraq Survey Group Report Will Not Speculate on WMD Program, U.S. Chief Inspector Says

The final report of the Iraq Survey Group will not speculate on what Iraq’s alleged WMD programs might have looked like by 2008 if the United States had not invaded, U.S. chief inspector in Iraq Charles Duelfer said Saturday (see GSN, Aug. 20).

The group, which is searching for evidence of prewar Iraq’s alleged WMD efforts, had discussed speculating on Iraq’s possible banned weapons programs, but chose not to do so, Duelfer said.

“We are looking at the evolution and the decision process of WMD (weapons of mass destruction) programs in Iraq, but it ends in 2003,” he said. “There is no intent to speculate beyond the data that we can collect.”

Duelfer said that the search team is set to submit its final report to the CIA by the end of next month, adding that the report is intended to be publicly released (Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times, Aug. 22).

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