Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq’s WMD

On October 6th, the US government released its most recent analysis of Iraq’s arms programs. The conclusion: Saddam Hussein posed a rapidly diminishing threat at the time the United States invaded.

The report paints the picture of a smart, brutal, determined leader who either expected too much or too little of the United States. According to the report, Hussein had disarmed fully in 1991, but was not entirely forthcoming about it. Never claiming to ahve or have not, he hoped to keep some semblance of threat in the eyes of Iran. In a bluff intended exclusively for Iran, he inspired the wrath of an all-too-eager Bush the Second. In much the same way he never expected the US to attack him in the first Persian Gulf War, he had no suspicion that George W. Bush would avoid protocol, circumvent international law, dodge to UN, and attack a country that was, by omission, already without arms.

Does this make him a madman? Surely no one would have expected the US to go to such extremes despite international disdain. How could he know? It’s not as if he had a memo sitting on his desk entitles “Bush Determined to Attack within Iraq.”

The image of Hussein and of Huseein’s Iraq conjured by the Duelfer Report stands in stark contrast to that of this administration. Each day, another piece of evidence shows the difference between George Bush’s reality and our own in greater relief. The behaviour of this man, and this administration is disgusting, disgraceful, and disingenuous.

Find below links to PDFs of the Deulfer Report in it’s entirety. The report itself is over 1,000 pages, so an official 19 page Key Findings document has also been made available.

Key Findings of the Duelfer Report (194KB)

Complete Duelfer Report

Volume 1 (53,807 KB)
- Charles Duelfer’s Transmittal Message
- Acknowledgements
- Scope Note
- Regime Strategic Intent
- Regime Finance and Procurement

Volume 2 (76,070 KB)
- Delivery Systems
- Nuclear

Volume 3 (69,895 KB)
- Iraq’s Chemical Warfare Program
- Biological Warfare
- Glossary and Acronyms