U.S. Covered Up Evidence of Long-Abandoned Chemical Weapons Program in Iraq

U.S. Covered Up Evidence of Long-Abandoned Chemical Weapons Program in Iraq

The New York Times has a detailed report today on chemical weapons stockpiles in Iraq, some of which have fallen into the hands of ISIS forces. The takeaway: the United States discovered the weapons after invading Iraq but covered up evidence thereof in part because the stockpiles were left over from a manufacturing program that had long been abandoned—which contradicted the Bush administration's pre-war claims that Saddam Hussein was actively developing weapons of mass destruction.

By Ben Mathis-Lilley