2008 Woodie Awards
Officials announce no evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
Michael Rispoli
Issue date: 10/14/04 Section: News
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It was officially announced last week that there were, in fact, no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq.
The Iraq Survey Group (ISG) released a report nearly 1,500 pages long detailing their findings in Iraq. While inspectors declared that there were no weapons since the early 1990s, Saddam Hussein had intentions to gather materials to produce and distribute them.
CNN.com reported that John Warner, panel member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said last week in a conference that although no weapons were found, the findings served as a reinforcement of Hussein's potential threat.
"While the ISG has not found stockpiles of WMD, the ISG and other coalition elements have developed a body of fact that shows that Saddam Hussein had the strategic intention to continue to pursue WMD capabilities," said Warner.
With the growing number of casualities and the recent ISG findings, some are becoming continually disenchanted about the war in Iraq and U.S. involvement.
Tara Donohue, a 20-year-old junior at Marist, said she believes that while Bush's initial intentions to retrieve WMD's was good reason to invade, the United States should not be in Iraq because of the recent findings.
"The initial attacks on Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi people were to retrieve the weapons of mass destruction," Donohue said. "There are none, though, and I don't think it's important for the U.S. to be over there and reconstruct."
President Bush and the White House, however, still stand strong about their involvement in Iraq. During the first presidential debate on September 30, President Bush defended U.S. involvement saying, "We're being challenged like never before, and we have a duty to our country and to future generations of Americans to achieve a free Iraq, a free Afghanistan and to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction."
Over two years ago, on Oct. 7, 2002, President Bush delivered a speech concerning Iraq and the danger they possessed.
The Iraq Survey Group (ISG) released a report nearly 1,500 pages long detailing their findings in Iraq. While inspectors declared that there were no weapons since the early 1990s, Saddam Hussein had intentions to gather materials to produce and distribute them.
CNN.com reported that John Warner, panel member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said last week in a conference that although no weapons were found, the findings served as a reinforcement of Hussein's potential threat.
"While the ISG has not found stockpiles of WMD, the ISG and other coalition elements have developed a body of fact that shows that Saddam Hussein had the strategic intention to continue to pursue WMD capabilities," said Warner.
With the growing number of casualities and the recent ISG findings, some are becoming continually disenchanted about the war in Iraq and U.S. involvement.
Tara Donohue, a 20-year-old junior at Marist, said she believes that while Bush's initial intentions to retrieve WMD's was good reason to invade, the United States should not be in Iraq because of the recent findings.
"The initial attacks on Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi people were to retrieve the weapons of mass destruction," Donohue said. "There are none, though, and I don't think it's important for the U.S. to be over there and reconstruct."
President Bush and the White House, however, still stand strong about their involvement in Iraq. During the first presidential debate on September 30, President Bush defended U.S. involvement saying, "We're being challenged like never before, and we have a duty to our country and to future generations of Americans to achieve a free Iraq, a free Afghanistan and to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction."
Over two years ago, on Oct. 7, 2002, President Bush delivered a speech concerning Iraq and the danger they possessed.