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>As well as the US government insistence that Saddam Hussein possessed WMD, used as an excuse to invade Iraq, yet no WMD were found.

according to current definition of WMD, Saddam had(and a billion other people have):

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/terrorism/wmd/wmd_fa...

"“(A) any destructive device as defined in section 921 of this title (i.e. explosive device);"

and section 921 has :

"(4) The term “destructive device” means— (A) any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas— (i) bomb, (ii) grenade, (iii) rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, (iv) missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, (v) mine, or (vi) device similar to any of the devices described in the preceding clauses; (B) any type of weapon (other than a shotgun or a shotgun shell which the Attorney General finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes) by whatever name known which will, or which may be readily converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant, and which has any barrel with a bore of more than one-half inch in diameter; and "



You're conflating the military definition of WMD (which has essentially always been related to CBRN) with the U.S. civilian legal definition of WMD, which pre-dates the invasion of Iraq.




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