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Before May 21, 2003: US Intelligence Experts Believe Suspicious Trailer in Iraq Intended for Bioweapons Production

2003-05-21

Analysts working for the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and other national security agencies compare prewar intelligence on suspected mobile biological weapons factories in Iraq with what has been learned about a recently discovered trailer. They conclude that the only plausible explanation for the trailer’s design is that the trailer was intended to produce biological weapons. [New York Times, 5/21/2003]