Sentence examples for mass destruction programmes from inspiring English sources

And ever since the first Gulf war we assessed that Saddam had a "breakout capability" to regenerate his weapons of mass destruction programmes – nothing to do with "the final weapons inspectors' reports".

5 February: The US secretary of state, Colin Powell, addresses the UN security council, laying out what he says is evidence of Iraq's ongoing weapons of mass destruction programmes.

He was quite sure that "we did the right thing in removing Saddam Hussein" and maintained that he had "absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes".But for all his bluster, Mr Blair did change tack in one important respect.

Libya is one of only two countries to have ever voluntarily and transparently dismantled its weapons of mass destruction programme.

London only designated the LIFG a terrorist organisation after Libya said it was abandoning its weapons of mass destruction programme in 2003.

The last major report by UN inspectors on the status of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programme was released about a year after the experts left in March 2003.

Goldsmith said he understood why Tony Blair decided to travel to Libya in 2004 to meet Gaddafi after the then Libyan leader decided to abandon his weapons of mass destruction programme.

Gilligan said his source "knew, better than anyone," that evidence of a weapons of mass destruction programme in Iraq "didn't amount to the 'imminent threat' touted by ministers".

Prime minister's director of communications and strategy, 1997-2003 Campbell has long been linked with the "dodgy" dossier of September 2002 alleging Saddam was pursuing a weapons of mass destruction programme.

He defended his need to deepen relations with the Gaddafi regime in 2004, as he claimed the country had begun to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction programme and cooperate with the UK on fighting terrorism.

Chalabi was widely seen as the man who helpeId push the United States into invading Iraq in 2003 with information about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction programme that was eventually discredited.