it's the second paragraph. The first one says:
 We *judge* that Iraq has continued its weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
programs in defiance of UN resolutions and restrictions. Baghdad
*has*chemical and biological weapons

 On 11/17/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'll put it into context:
>
> We judge that we are seeing only a portion of Iraq's WMD efforts,
> owing to Baghdad's vigorous denial and deception efforts. Revelations
> after the Gulf war starkly demonstrate the extensive efforts
> undertaken by Iraq to deny information. We lack specific information
> on many key aspects of Iraq's WMD programs
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jksonc/docs/nie-iraq-wmd.html
>
> Look at the first paragrapgh and click on the link (See INR
> alternative view at the end of these Key Judgments.)
>
> We judge that Iraq has continued its weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
> programs in defiance of UN resolutions and restrictions. Baghdad has
> chemical and biological weapons as well as missiles with ranges in
> excess of UN restrictions; if left unchecked, it probably will have a
> nuclear weapon during this decade. (See INR alternative view at the
> end of these Key Judgments.)
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jksonc/docs/nie-iraq-wmd.html#inr-n1
>
>
> On 11/17/05, Kevin Graeme wrote:
> > I'm not forming an opinion on any of this, but that sentence is pretty
> > ambiguous.
> >
> > It could mean something as big as "We doubt even the existence of WMD"
> > or it could be as small as "We don't know the exactl location of WMD"
> > with an implied "but we're sure it's there".
> >
> > I don't know which was the reality, but I have no doubt the ambiguity
> > was intentional.
> >
> > On 11/17/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > "We lacked specific
> > > information on many key aspects of Iraq's WMD program."
> >
> >
>
> 

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